Tel: 01706 215 547 / 4 Mount Terrace, Rawtenstall, Rossendale, Lancashire, BB4 8SF
Email: jake.berry.mp@parliament.uk / Web: www.jakeberry.org

Jake was educated at Liverpool College, followed by the University of Sheffield, and trained as a solicitor in the City of London.

Before entering politics, Jake specialised in Housing and Development Law. This valuable experience has enabled him to effectively champion affordable housing and the Construction Sector within the House of Commons.

Jake lives with his wife Charlotte and standard poodle Lola.

Jake Berry's Experience

Jake has spoken in Parliament on the subjects of industry, skilled apprentices and Postal Services Reform.

He is Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Rt Hon. Grant Shapps MP, Minister for Housing and Local Government.

Jake has fought two local elections as a candidate in Liverpool and Manchester.  Jake was also the Election Agent for the Liverpool City Seats Initiative in the 2005 General Election.

Campaigning in Rossendale and Darwen

Since being elected as a Member of Parliament in 2010, Jake has backed the business sector and works with regional authorities to secure regeneration of town centres. He ensures voices of local business leaders are heard within the policy making process.

Jake has campaigned on behalf of local people and business on a diverse range of issues including supporting local shops and post offices and the introduction of new transport links to the area.

He holds six advice surgeries a month in both Darwen and Rossendale.

 

Tel: 0161 904 8828 / Thatcher House, Delahays Farm, Green Lane, Timperley WA15 8QM
Email: office@altsaletory.demon.co.uk /

Graham was elected Chairman of the 1922 Committee of backbench Conservative MPs after the 2010 General Election. The 1922 Committee is the principal conduit for communication between Conservative MPs and the Prime Minister and Conservative Ministers and advises the Prime Minister on the mood of the party whilst ensuring that Ministers have an opportunity to speak to colleagues and to listen to their views on policy.

Graham was born in Salford in 1967. He was educated at Altrincham Grammar School and Durham University where he studied law. Prior to his election in 1997 when he became the youngest Conservative MP at that time, he was Public Affairs Director of the Waterfront Partnership. He had previously worked at the Centre for Policy Studies and Shandwick Plc. Graham is married to Victoria whom he met at university and they have a daughter and a son.

Educated locally himself, Graham is a strong supporter of Altrincham and Sale’s excellent schools to which he is a regular visitor.

Graham is a Vice-President of Greater Altrincham Chamber of Commerce and a Vice Patron of Friends of Rosie, a charity raising funds for research into childhood cancers. He is an active supporter of several local charities.

Graham enjoys gardening but likes to spend as much spare time as possible with his children.

Graham Brady's Experience

In November 2003, Graham was appointed Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Leader of the Opposition. From September 2004 to May 2007, he was Shadow Minister for Europe.

From 2001 to 2003, he was Shadow Minister for Schools. In the previous Parliament he was opposition spokesman on Employment, following periods as a Whip and as Parliamentary Private Secretary to the then Chairman of the Conservative Party, the Rt Hon Michael Ancram.

Prior to his promotion to the front bench, Graham was an active back bencher serving on the Education and Employment Select Committee as well as the Conservative Party’s 1922 Executive Committee.

Graham first became involved with the Conservative party when, aged 16, he joined the campaign to save the local grammar schools. He was Chairman of Durham University Conservative Association (1987-1988); Chairman of Northern Area Conservative Students (1987-1989); a member of the Conservative Party’s National Union Executive Committee (1988-1989); Vice-Chairman of East Berkshire Conservative Association (1993-1995).

 

Tel: 020 7219 7042 / Fax: 020 7219 1258 / House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Email: fiona.bruce.mp@parliament.uk / Web: www.fionabruce.mp

Fiona Bruce is national winner of the Business Woman of the Year Award "Women into Business" for the founding and successful development of her Community Law Firm Fiona Bruce & Co LLP, based in Cheshire and now employing 15 lawyers and a total of some 30 staff.

Her first hand experience of running and developing a local business for over 20 years - and of experiencing the challenges and benefits this can bring, both to an individual and to a community, have inspired her support for enterprise, skills training, and productivity.

Fiona has focused throughout her professional life on developing and strengthening community projects. She founded a Free Legal Advice Clinic and has overseen this continuously for 18 years. When she stood as Parliamentary Candidate for Warrington South in the 2005 General Election, Fiona was one of the first Parliamentary Candidates to lead social action projects.  She inspired hundreds of young people - including young men from her local Young Offenders Institution - in community work such as clearing public spaces, painting park railings, relaying pathways and scrubbing graffiti - after which one young man said to her "I'll never spray graffiti again!" Fiona co-founded a Homeless Support project and most recently in 2009 co-founded an innovative High Street Advice centre "The Foundry Shop" providing practical help and advice for those experiencing relationship difficulties, legal problems, debt and drug addiction.

Fiona's grass roots style of campaigning enabled her to develop a support network of over 300 local campaigners in the 2005 General Election - most of whom had never had any political involvement before.

As a Warrington Borough Councillor for 6 years - over 3 of them as an Executive Member, for Finance and Value for Money, Fiona focused on challenging and reducing debt run up by a previous Labour administration and in delivering efficiency savings of several million pounds whilst overseeing the lowest Council tax rise for over 10 years.

Fiona has a long term relationship with and commitment to developing a school in Tanzania and in inspiring young people to partner support projects in that region of Africa.  She is married to Richard; they have two teenage sons.

 

Tel: 01606 350 323 / Fax: 020 7219 5079 / Graham Evans MP, The Bungalow, Sheath Street, Northwich, Cheshire, CW9 5BH
Email: mail@grahamevansmp.com / Web: www.grahamevansmp.com

Graham is a local Cheshire man, born on a council estate in Poynton. He attended his local comprehensive school, Poynton High, leaving with few qualifications, and went on to work in a nearby supermarket stacking shelves.

Graham went on to study at night school as a mature student, graduating from Manchester Metropolitan University Business School with a Business Degree and Diploma in Marketing Management. He went on to have a successful twenty year business career in manufacturing, working for companies such as BAE Systems and Hewlett Packard, eventually becoming a Company Director.

He has always served his local community, spending four years as a Special Constable in the Cheshire Constabulary and ten years as a local Councillor in Macclesfield. At Macclesfield Borough Council, he served on the Community Development Committee and was part of a team of Councillors that took the Council’s Audit Commission rating from “poor” in 2000 to “good” in just four years.

In July 2007, he was selected by a primary open to all residents of Weaver Vale, regardless of which party they normally support. For three years he tirelessly campaigned across the constituency, calling for tough action on crime and fighting against post office closures.

Graham was elected as Member of Parliament for Weaver Vale, gaining the seat with a swing of over 8%, in what was one of the best results across the country. He has pledged to work hard for all constituents and put them before everything else in politics, including his own party.

In his spare time Graham loves history (specialising in military, social, economic and political history) and has a good size library on the subject. He is a keen First World War historian who regularly visits the Western Front. Graham is also a keen sportsman, especially football, and is a lifelong Manchester United supporter.

Above all, Graham is a family man, and loves spending time with his wife Cheryl and three young children, George, Tom and Sophie. They live in Cheshire, in the village of Rainow.

Campaigning in Weaver Vale

Graham is an experienced and dedicated local campaigner. Since being elected Graham has been working hard on the issues that matter to local people; fighting plans for a massive wind farm on Frodsham marshes; calling for tough action on illegal greenbelt travellers sites, backing residents and regulars efforts to save local community pubs; and working to improve school choice.

 

Tel: 01200 425 939 / 9 Railway View Clitheroe Lancashire BB7 2HA Email: info@ribblevalleyconservatives.co.uk

Nigel was born in November 1957. He was educated at Dynevor School, and University College, Swansea (BA Hons Politics). He owns and runs a small retail business in Swansea.

Before regaining the Conservative Seat of Ribble Valley in 1992, Nigel contested Swansea in the 1987 General Election, Pontypridd in the 1989 by-election and Ribble Valley in the 1991 by-election.

He was a member of West Glamorgan County Council from 1985 until 1991, President of Swansea West Conservative Association and Chairman of the Welsh Parliamentary Candidates Policy Group in 1990.

Nigel has worked on three successive US Presidential Campaigns and remains very keen on US politics. He returned from the 2000 Republican Party Convention in Philadelphia where he acted as British Conservative Party Parliamentary Observer.

He is a former member of the Transport Select Committee, and has served on the Public Service Select Committee.

From June 1993 to June 1995, he was Parliamentary Private Secretary to The Rt Hon The Lord Hunt of Wirral, (whilst he was the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, and also when he was Secretary of State for Employment). He was also PPS to Tony Baldry MP, Minister of State at the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food between October 1995 and July 1996 and he was PPS to William Hague MP, Secretary of State for Wales, between June 1996 and May 1997.

In June 1997, he was appointed Opposition Front Bench Spokesman for Constitutional Affairs.

In May 1999, he was appointed as Vice-Chairman of the Conservative Party. He also heads the Conservative Party’s Information Technology Committee. He was appointed leader of the Conservative Party 2001 General Election Campaign in Wales. From 2001 to 2003, he was Shadow Secretary of State for Wales.

From 2004 to 2005, he was Vice-Chairman of the Conservative Party, with specific responsibility for overseeing Conservatives Abroad and mobilising the Conservative vote overseas.

SRCA, Unit 6, Enterprise House, Meadowcroft, Pope Lane, Whitestake, Preston, PR4 4BA.
Email: lorrainefullbrook@hotmail.co.uk / Web: www.telllorraine.com

Born in 1959 in Glasgow, Lorraine spent over twenty years in business before deciding to seek elected office in 2002. She has worked for several major national and international companies with the responsibility of negotiating multi-million pound commercial contracts.

In 2000, she became a consultant to a number of businesses and clients, ranging from hi-tech database companies to consumer energy providers, advising them on the public relations and media strategies.

She has also held the role of Press and Media Advisor to the Chairman of a senior Parliamentary Committee. Lorraine has been happily married to Mark for eighteen years. Her personal interests include travelling with Mark, reading, collecting advertising memorabilia and other “interesting junk”, cooking and socialising with friends.

Lorraine Fullbrook's Experience

Lorraine was the Parliamentary candidate for South Ribble at the 2005 General Election, when she reduced the incumbent Labour MP’s majority by half, to just over 2000 after a recount. Lorraine feels honoured and privileged to have been re-selected in October 2005 as the Conservative Parliamentary Spokesman for the South Ribble constituency.

In her short political journey, which began in May 2002, Lorraine has risen rapidly. Just two days after being elected as a local councillor, she joined the Cabinet of the council as the Cabinet Member for Communications. Six months later, she was promoted to Cabinet Member for Finance and was very proud to have delivered inflation only council tax increases during her tenure – in contrast to the 27% previously levied by the LibDem leadership. Just six months after taking over the finance portfolio, she was elected as the first female Leader of the Council – but retained the financial reins.

She resigned as a councillor and council leader in May 2004 to commit herself fully to the South Ribble constituency. She says, “I am delighted to have been given the chance to finish the job in South Ribble I began two years ago. I committed myself to the people of the South Ribble constituency then, and will continue to do so for the rest of my political career”.

She is a supporter of the Centre for Social Justice and has a long and proven record of fighting inappropriate sitings of telecom masts, unsympathetic and speculative development and the retention of our green environment and wildlife.

Tel: 0207 219 7017 / 16 Queen Street, Blackpool, FY1 1PD
Email: office@paulmaynard.co.uk / Web: www.paulmaynard.co.uk

Paul Maynard is the Conservative Member of Parliament for Blackpool North and Cleveleys. Born in Cheshire in 1975, Paul started his education at a special school in Winsford and went on to study History at Oxford University. For a number of years prior to entering parliament Paul worked for the Rt Hon Dr Liam Fox.

Since becoming the MP for Blackpool North and Cleveleys, after achieving a 6.5% swing from Labour, Paul has dedicated himself to a number of issues. In his capacity as a member of the Transport Select Committee Paul regularly holds the Government to account on all aspects of its road, rail and aviation policies. A commitment to improving the quality of transport provision in Northern England is a continued aspect of Paul's parliamentary work. Additionally Paul has become a strong advocate on speech and language therapy and epilepsy issues, leading debates on both. Paul has also participated in the establishment of All Party Parliamentary groups on Muscular Dystrophy and Social Tourism.

Of his role as a Parliamentarian Paul says "I feel that public service is such a devalued concept these days that you have a responsibility to put yourself forward, and show that being an MP is about making a difference - a cliché now, maybe - and not just walking by on the other side of the road. " When it comes to the constituency he represents Paul says that he is "thrilled to have the chance to represent both Cleveleys and the parts of Blackpool to the north of the North Pier. They are both towns with long and proud histories, but we should all be optimistic about their future too - I know I am".

Tel: 0151 632 1052 / 24 Meols Drive, Hoylake, Wirral, CH47 4AN
Email: esther.mcvey.mp@parliament.uk / Web: www.esthermcvey.com

Esther was born and brought up in Liverpool and educated at Belvedere school before going to Queen Mary and Westfield University to study law. After graduating in law she did a post graduation course in radio journalism before embarking on a successful career in the media, both as a presenter and producer.

Esther is Managing Director of her own company Making It (UK) Ltd; which developed and runs office and incubator space to help small companies set up in business - receiving acclaim from The Merseyside Entrepreneur Commission, and through which she founded 'Winning Women' an organisation which helps women set up in business as well as advance on the business ladder, and for which, Esther was nominated for both Merseyside woman of the Year and Cheshire Woman of the Year.

Two years ago Esther went back to University to studying part time for an MSc in Corporate Governance. She graduated last year with a distinction and won the North of England Excellence Award. She has now embarked on a PhD in Leadership and Entrepreneurship at John Moores University.

Esther is patron of 'Wirral Holistic Therapeutic Cancer Care' as well being a patron of 'Full of Life' a charity for disabled children and their families. She is an ambassador for 'Action Medical Research', a charity that funds medical research, 'Wirral Women and children's Aid' and works with 'Families Fighting for Justice' and Gee Walker and the Anthony Walker Foundation.  She is a Governor of West Kirby Primary School and is also active in many residents, traders and community groups.

On the forthcoming campaign Esther said: "I'm really looking forward to the challenge ahead and to continue to work with all the people who have helped me over the last 8 years. This election will be a challenge and I know I will have to work hard for every vote. There is a 1097 majority to overturn; and I and the team will be working flat out to do just that."

"The people of Wirral West have been badly let down by this Labour Government. As well as highlighting their appalling record I will be putting forward positive solutions and ideas to make Wirral West a better place to live and work. I want to be the champion of all the hard working families, give our children the best start in life and help struggling pensioners to have the dignity and security in retirement they so deserve."

Tel: 01772 671533 / Fylde Conservatives, Bradshaw Lane, Greenhalgh, Preston, PR4 3JA
Email: fyldeconservatives@tory.org / Web: www.fyldeconservatives.com

Mark is the Member of Parliament for Fylde, representing some of the best coastline and countryside that Britain has to offer.

Mark grew up in Ardrossan, a small town on the Ayrshire coast, he was raised by his mother after his Merchant Navy father died a month before he was born.

He was born in 1971, educated at the University of Glasgow where he studied a degree in Economic and Social History from 1990-1994.

Mark's background is in the retail sector. He joined Marks & Spencer as a graduate trainee in 1994 and he has subsequently worked as a marketing executive for two of the biggest supermarkets in the UK.  In 2007, Mark was the recipient of the IGD/Unilever Social Innovation Marketing award.

Along with his passion for the food retail sector, Mark is also interested in UK energy security and maintaining a vibrant defence industry.  In addition to working hard to represent his constituents in Westminster, Mark is also a member of the Scottish Affairs Select Committee.

Tel: 01524 400263 / Fax: 0207 219 6610 / 1a Ellis Drive, Bare, Morecambe, Lancashire LA4 6DW
Email: david.morris.mp@parliament.uk / Web: www.davidmorrismp.co.uk
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David Morris MP lives in Bare and was educated in Hong Kong and Lowton (Lancashire).

Before entering Parliament in May 2010, David was a hairdresser, trained by one of Europe's leading stylists Pierre Alexander. For many years David ran his own successful salon and property business.

In the 1980's David worked as a songwriter associated with Pete Waterman's world famous ' hit factory.'

His father Alan is a retired Royal Navy Officer. Recently David chose to follow in the footsteps of his Dad by taking part in the Armed Forces Parliamentary Scheme. David now serves as a Lieutenant Commander in the Royal Navy.

On days off, David enjoys spending time with sons, Thomas and Robert, playing the guitar and is a car enthusiast.

David's Experience

Since being elected as the MP for Morecambe & Lunesdale, David has secured the building of the M6 Link Road and has hosted a major debate about installing sea defences at Sunderland Point.

David sits on the All Party Media Literacy Committee, the Science & Technology Committee, the Space Committee and was recently appointed Patron for the Association of British Drivers.

Campaigning in Morecambe & Lunesdale

Heysham 3

The nuclear power industry is a major employer in the constituency. Heysham 1 & 2 generate 5% of the national grid, David is actively campaigning to have Heysham 3 built.

Park Homes

David holds the plight of park home owners dear to him and has been campaigning for a better deal for park home owners in the constituency.

Tel: 01244 458120 / Unionist Buildings, Nicholas Street, Chester, CH1 2NX
Email: stephen@chestermp.com / Web: www.chestermp.com
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Stephen Mosley is the Member of Parliament for the City of Chester. Stephen was first elected to Parliament in May 2010 and gained the constituency for the Conservative Party with a majority of 2,583.

Within Parliament, Stephen is a member of the Science and Technology Select Committee and is a committee member of several All Party Parliamentary Groups including the Parliament & Scientific Committee, The Parliamentary IT Committee, the Nuclear Energy APPG, the Zoos and Aquariums APPG and the African Great Lakes APPG.

A graduate of Nottingham University, Stephen worked for IBM for four years before setting up his own IT Consultancy in 1997. His business subsequently diversified into property management and owned commercial and residential property interests in North Wales. Since his election Stephen has stood down from his business interests and is now a full-time MP representing the City of Chester.

Stephen is married to Caroline and they have two young children. Stephen has lived in Chester since the mid-1990s and is well known across the city. After Stephen's son received a bicycle for Christmas 2005, Stephen started accompanying him on frequent bicycle rides across the area (fair weather only!). Stephen also spends his free time looking after his children's Malawi Cichlid tropical fish and, after his children have gone to bed, reading and spending quality time with his wife.

Stephen was elected onto Chester City Council in 2000 and represented the Handbridge & St Mary's ward until 2009. He was re-elected in 2004, gaining the largest number of votes ever obtained in the ward. Between 2007 and 2009 Stephen was the Deputy Leader of Chester City Council, following the ousting of the Labour and Lib Dem coalition that had governed Chester for almost 20 years. As well as being Deputy Leader of the Council, Stephen was also the Executive Member for Customer Services.

Between 2005 and 2009 Stephen was elected to represent the Chester Overleigh Division on Cheshire County Council and was Chairman of the Health & Adult Social Care Scrutiny Committee, Vice-chairman of the Community Services Scrutiny Committee and a member of the Cheshire Fire Authority.

Stephen and his team of councillors and activists are now working hard for the City of Chester every day of the year. For up to date details of campaigns being run by our local councillors please see the Chester Conservatives website.

Tel: 01925 231267 / Fax: 01925 575299 / Warrington South Conservative Association, 1 Stafford Road, Stockton Heath, Warrington, WA4 6RP
Email: david.mowat.mp@parliament.uk / Web: www.davidmowat.org

David was born and brought up in the Midlands, attending his local grammar school before studying Engineering at Imperial Collage where he joined the RAF as a cadet pilot officer.

After graduating David qualified as a chartered accountant and subsequently joined Accenture, the technology and consulting firm. In 1989 he became the youngest ever UK Partner and subsequently built the business from a staff level of 400 to over 15,000. His final position was as a Global Managing Partner responsible for a business with a turnover of £500million.

He is Chairman of Fairbridge in Greater Manchester, a charity dedicated to improving the life chances of young people aged 16-21.

David is married to Nicky, a primary schoolteacher, and they have lived in Cheshire since 1990. Since 2009 they have lived in Walton, Warrington. David and Nicky have four children Andrew, Laura, Emma and Victoria.

David's Experience

David Mowat was elected as the Member of Parliament for Warrington South in May 2010 and gained the constituency for the Conservative Party with a majority of 1,553. Within Parliament, David is a member of the Scottish Affairs Select Commitee as well as being on the Board of the Parliamentary Office for Science & Technology, the non-partisan advisory body on Science & Technology policy within Parliament. He is also a member of several All Party Parliamentary Groups such as Autism and Financial Education for Young People.

Campaigning in Warrington South

David believes that politics should be constructive and will support any sensible proposals, from any source, as long as they are for the benefit of Warrington and its residents. 

David campaigned vigorously against Post Office closures in Warrington South. He has spoken out against the Government proposed polyclinics which would result in closing small GP practices.

He also staunchly campaigned against the Warrington Super Titan Prison proposals along with the Mersey Toll Crossing which would have seen a considerable volume of traffic diverted into Warrington. A main priority of his as MP is to increase NHS funding for Warrington which currently receives a lower-than-average amount.

Tel: 0161 764 4548 / Fax: 0161 763 9620 / 21a Bolton Street, Bury, BL9 0EY
Email: NuttallBuryNorth@aol.com / Web: www.burynorthconservatives.com

David Nuttall was born in 1962 in Sheffield and educated at Aston Comprehensive School in Rotherham. After leaving school he joined a local firm of Solicitors in Sheffield. After studying in the evenings and weekends he qualified as a Fellow of the Institute of Legal Executives. He also obtained a law degree by correspondence from London University. David passed his Law Society Finals in 1990 and was admitted as a Solicitor in December, 1990. He became a Partner in the same firm he had joined after leaving school and became Senior Partner in 1998. David the studied to become a Notary Public and was admitted as a Notary Public in November 1998. As a Partner in the Solicitors practice David employed over 40 staff and he understands the problems and difficulties faced by the self-employed and those running a small business.

David is married to Susan and they live in Tottington, Bury. Outside work and politics David enjoys walking, bird watching, watching sport, going to the gym and listening to music. Both David and Susan attend St. Anne’s Church in Tottington.

David Nuttall's Experience

David has been a Member of the Conservative Party since 1980 and has held numerous offices within the Party. He has contested many local government elections and was a Rotherham Borough Councillor for six years. He contested the constituency of Sheffield Hillsborough in the 1997 General Election. In 1999, he was a member of the Conservative team of Candidates for the Yorkshire and the Humber Region in the European Elections. In 2001 he contested the seat of Morecambe and Lunesdale in Lancashire and contested Bury North at the last general election in 2005.

Tel: 01829 733243 / Fax: 01829 733243 / 4 Church Walk , High Street , Tarporley , Cheshire , CW6 0AJ
Email: office@eddisburyconservatives.co.uk / Web: www.eddisburyconservatives.co.uk

Stephen O'Brien was first elected as the Conservative MP for Eddisbury at the By-election in 1999, and re-elected in 2001 and 2005.

Stephen is Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for International Development. He was previously Shadow Minster for Health & Social Care. Since 2003 Stephen has held a number of front-bench positions including Shadow Minister for Skills and Shadow Treasury Minister.

Before being elected as the MP for Eddisbury in 1999, Stephen was a manufacturing industrialist with Redland PLC, a FTSE 100 company, which was acquired by Lafarge in 1998.

Stephen's early education was at Handbridge in Chester and later at Sedbergh School in Cumbria.

Stephen gained his M.A. in Law at Emmanuel College, Cambridge completing his professional studies at the College of Law at Christleton in Chester.

Stephen is an accomplished musician - a pianist at concert standard, a cellist and organist as well as a conductor, and co-founder of an orchestra and choir. He enjoys fell-walking and trying to keep the garden under control.

Stephen is married (1986) to Gemma, a nurse. They have three children - James, Angus and Clara. Stephen and his family live near Bunbury in the Eddisbury constituency.

Tel: 01995 672977 / NLCCC, The Village Centre, 59 High Street, Great Eccleston, PR3 0YB
Email: lancasterwyre@tory.org / Web: www.lancasterandfleetwoodconservatives.com

Eric is a tough no-nonsense campaigner who knows how to get a job done. Born and bred in Lancashire and now living in Lancaster , Eric was selected by Lancaster and Fleetwood residents in an Open Primary as their Conservative Prospective Parliamentary Candidate back in March.

A History teacher by profession, he taught the subject at several comprehensive schools for nearly thirty years. Eric sees education as the best way to get the most out of youngsters and put them on the path to success.

Throughout his life, Eric has also frequently been a governor of a number of primary and secondary schools. Additionally, the former teacher has been a board member of several charities and supported numerous community groups.

When he has the time, he enjoys reading, keeping fit, listening to music and socialising with friends.

Born and educated in London, George studied modern history at Oxford University, where he became joint editor of the University magazine Isis.

After a short spell as a freelance journalist, George joined the Conservative Research Department in 1994 and has since dedicated himself wholly to politics.

George has covered a wide range of issues and departments in his career – including Work and Pensions, Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, and Transport.

Before becoming Shadow Chancellor, he served as Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury and Shadow Economic Secretary, as well as sitting on the Public Accounts Select Committee.

In May 2010, he was appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer.

POSITIONS HELD:

• MP for Tatton, 2001 –
• Chancellor of the Exchequer, May 2010 -
• Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer, May 2005 – May 2010
• Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Sept 2004 – May 2005
• Shadow Work and Pensions Minister
• Shadow Economic Secretary
• Opposition Whip
• Political Secretary to the Leader of the Opposition and Secretary to the Shadow Cabinet, 1997-2001
• Special Adviser at the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, 1995 - 97

 

FAMILY LIFE:

• Married to Frances
• Two children

Tel: 01625 422848 / Macclesfield Conservatives, West Bank Road, Macclesfield, Cheshire, SK10 3BT
Email: mcatory@btconnect.com / Web: www.davidrutley.org.uk

David was elected as the Member of Parliament for Macclesfield in May 2010. After the general election, David was elected to the influential Treasury Select Committee and served on the Committee until his appointment as Parliamentary Private Secretary to Damian Green MP, the Minister for Immigration in November 2010.

David is also the Co-Chairman of the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Mountaineering and Vice Chair of the APPG on National Parks, as well as being a member of several other APPGs, including those on China, Pharmaceuticals and Financial Education for Young People.

David continues the tradition of being a hard working constituency MP for Macclesfield. He is committed to serving every constituent regardless of their political views and holds regular advice surgeries across the constituency. David is actively working to strengthen the local economy, revitalise Macclesfield town centre, tackle traffic congestion in Poynton and keep health care local at Macclesfield Hospital. He is also committed to safeguarding village life and conserving the area's beautiful countryside. David supports the important work of many community groups in Macclesfield, Bollington, Disley, Poynton, Prestbury and the surrounding villages.

Before his election to Parliament, David spent most of his career in business and worked as a senior executive in major companies including: Asda (where he ran the Home Shopping and E-Commerce businesses) and PepsiCo International, and then latterly, Halifax General Insurance and Barclays.

He has also worked as a Special Advisor (1994-96) in the last Conservative Government at the Treasury, the Cabinet Office and the Ministry of Agriculture. During this time, David helped shape the Budget and initiate the first ever White Paper for rural England. He was also a Parliamentary Candidate in St Albans in 1997.

Born in 1961, David was educated at the Priory School, Lewes, East Sussex. He later studied at the London School of Economics and Harvard Business School.

David enjoys an active family life with his wife Rachel, a physiotherapist, and their four young children - two boys and two girls. Outside politics, David spends time in the Peak District, rock climbing on local crags and enjoying family walks. He is a keen mountaineer, and has climbed in mountain ranges throughout the world, and also enjoys fishing and birdwatching.

Tel: 01282 614748 / 9 Cross Street, Nelson, BB9 7EN
Email: andrew.stephenson.mp@parliament.uk / Web: www.pendlematters.com
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Andrew lives in Colne, in the heart of Pendle, and was elected to represent Pendle in Parliament on 6th May 2010. Before being elected to Parliament he was a self-employed insurance consultant running a small business in Greater Manchester.  The pressures of working six days a week and running a business in the current economic climate ensured Andrew was well aware of the pressures small businessmen across Pendle face.

Andrew is involved in numerous community groups across Pendle.  He is the President of Nelson Brass Band and a Patron of SELRAP, the AHS Foundation and East Lancashire Against Fluoridation.  Andrew also serves as a school governor at an infant school in Nelson.  In his spare time he enjoys walking and in 2008 took part in a trek along the Great Wall of China personally raising over £5,000 for charity. In July 2010 Andrew ran the Pennine Lancashire 10K‏ raising over £1,000 for Pendleside Hospice.

Andrew's Experience

Andrew campaigned vigorously against the controversial shake-up of hospital services which saw the removal of blue-light emergency services from Burnley General Hospital on 1st November 2007. In 2006/2007 Andrew spoke out against the proposed cuts to the local fire service, which saw the loss of a fire engine in Colne and one in Barnoldswick. He also conducted a major survey of residents views on crime and anti-social behavior across Pendle during which over 35,000 "We Do Not Buy or Sell at this Door" cards were provided free to local residents.

Working alongside Pendle's Conservative Councillors in 2007, Andrew campaigned against the local Lib Dems proposals to merge Pendle and Burnley Councils. Following his campaign this costly proposal, which would have seen decision making become even more remote from local residents, was rejected by the Government.   Andrew also campaigned against above inflation council tax increases (Pendle Council Tax increased by 4.95% in 2007 and 4.95% in 2008) and is pleased by the measures the Government introduced to ensure a council tax freeze in 2011/12.

During 2008, Andrew led the fight against the Labour Government’s plans to close a further six of Pendle's sub-Post Offices. He launched a petition which collected over 4,000 signatures against the cuts and lobbied East Lancashire's Labour MP's to suspend the closure programme. Sadly the cuts still went ahead, bringing the number of Pendle's Post Offices closed during Labours 13 years in power to 16 branches.

Since his election as Pendle’s MP Andrew has been a strong voice for the local area, regularly raising the concerns of local residents and businesses in the House of Commons.  Since delivering his Maiden Speech on 17th June 2010 in a debate on building a high skilled economy Andrew has raised issues such as fuel poverty, PCSOs and the importance of protecting spending on the NHS. Andrew has been particularly vocal on the importance of manufacturing jobs and the aerospace sector to Pendle frequently raising the concerns of local firms. He has also highlighted individual residents’ problems to Ministers, including a case of telecoms fraud in Brierfield, property freeholders abusing their position in Nelson and the Yousaf Family murders in Pakistan.

Andrew believes the most important role of an MP is to represent their constituents and to work hard to resolve local problems. That's why Andrew is working with residents at a very local level to help fight for the local community on the issues that matter most to them. He also keeps residents up to date with a regular "Pendle Matters" newsletters focusing on local issues.

Tel: 01228 550684 / Suite 1, Carlyle’s Court, St. Mary’s Gate, Carlisle CA3 8SX
Email: john.stevenson.mp@parliament.uk / Web: www.johnstevensonmp.co.uk

John is the Member of Parliament for the Carlisle constituency.

John was educated in Aberdeen and graduated from Dundee Law College with Honours in History and Politics. He then studied law at Chester before qualifying as a Solicitor. He is presently a partner in the law firm Bendles based in the centre of Carlisle. John lives on the edge of the city of Carlisle.

John Stevenson's Experience

John has been heavily involved in Carlisle and North Cumbria politics for nearly 15 years. He has been chairman of the Carlisle Constituency Association as well as Penrith and the Border. He is presently the chairman of the North Cumbria Conservatives which is a federation of the four North Cumbria Constituencies. John has also been a Councillor on the Carlisle City Council since 1999.

Tel: 0207 219 7127 / House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA
Email: rory@rorystewart.co.uk / Web: www.rorystewart.co.uk
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Rory Stewart OBE DUniv served briefly as an officer in the British Army (the Black Watch), and was educated at Balliol College, Oxford, studying history and PPE (Politics, Philosophy and Economics). He joined the British Diplomatic Service, and served in the British Embassy in Indonesia and, in the wake of the Kosovo campaign, as the British Representative in Montenegro.

From 2000-2002 he walked on foot across Pakistan, Iran, Afghanistan, India and Nepal, a journey of 6000 miles. His walk across Afghanistan shortly after the US invasion is described in his award winning book, The Places in Between, a New York Times bestseller, translated into ten languages.

In 2003, he became coalition Deputy Governor of two provinces in the Marsh Arab region of Southern Iraq (Maysan and Dhi Qar).  His second book, The Prince of the Marshes and Other Occupational Hazards of a Year in Iraq, outlines his experiences as deputy governor shortly after coalition forces entered Iraq, and describes his efforts to lead development projects and establish a functional government.

Rory has written for a range of publications including the New York Times, the London Review of Books, the New York Review of Books, the Sunday Times, the Guardian, the Financial Times and Granta. He has won a number of international awards for his writing, including from the Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje award (2004) to the Radio France award (2009). He has also received an honorary doctorate from the University of Stirling. In 2004, he was awarded the Order of the British Empire and became a Fellow of the Carr Centre at Harvard University.

Rory lived in Kabul from 2006-2008, where he was the founder and Chief Executive of Turquoise Mountain, a non-profit, non-governmental organisation investing in the development of Afghanistan's traditional crafts and the rehabilitation of the commercial heart of the old city of Kabul in order to preserve cultural heritage, improve living conditions and create economic opportunities.

Rory was appointed to a professorial chair at Harvard University as the Ryan Family Professor of Human Rights on 1st January 2009 and became Director of the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School.   He was elected as the Conservative Parliamentary candidate for Penrith and the Border by an open-primary meeting (open to all registered voters, regardless of party) in October 2009. In May 2010, he was elected Member of Parliament.

Tel: 01270 501725 / 30 Victoria Street, Crewe, CW1 2JE
Email: edward@creweandnantwichconservatives.com / Web: www.edwardtimpson.com

Edward was born in 1973 in Cheshire to John and Alex Timpson.

He has been MP for Crewe and Nantwich since the by-election in May 2008, and held the seat for the Conservatives at the 2010 General election.

He has an elder sister and brother as well as two adopted younger brothers. His parents have also fostered 87 children over the last 30 years, many of whom Edward grew up with.

Having been selected as the Conservative Parliamentary Candidate for Crewe and Nantwich at an open primary in July 2007, Edward spent the next 10 months campaigning hard in the constituency before the sad death of Gwyneth Dunwoody MP in April 2008.

In the by-election that followed, Edward overturned a 7,000 Labour majority and was elected as MP for Crewe and Nantwich on 22nd May 2008.

Edward has lived and worked in the local community almost his entire life. From 1999 until his election in 2008, Edward practised as a family law barrister in local courts, including Crewe, specialising in the cases of vulnerable children.

Edward has dedicated his time as MP for Crewe and Nantwich to improving the lives of local residents. With an office in the heart of Crewe, regular surgeries and newsletters, visits to local schools, colleges, charities, businesses, residents' associations, religious groups and trades union branches amongst others, Edward has immersed himself in the community he represents.

He has led on a variety of campaigns since taking office. These include campaigns to save the Weston Road Sorting Office and the Oak Street Tax Office in Crewe, the Ambulance First Responders in Nantwich, and a variety of employment and transport issues including Bombardier, Bentley and the National Railway Skills Academy for Crewe.

In the last two years, Edward has become Patron of Home Start based in Crewe, the Holly Holy Day Society and Supported Community Business who help local people with special needs to develop their skills so they can get into the workplace. Edward is also an Honorary Member of the Crewe Alex Supporters' Initiative and the Royal British Legion, as well as a member of the Cheshire Neighbours Credit Union and a Vice-President of the Acton Amateur Operatic Society who perform regularly at the Lyceum Theatre in Crewe.

At Westminster, Edward sat on the Children Schools and Families Select Committee and the Joint Committee on Human Rights. He is also Chairman of the All Party Parliamentary Groups (APPGs) on Adoption & Fostering and on Looked After Children & Care Leavers, Secretary of the APPG for Dairy Farmers, Vice Chairman on the APPG for Runaway Missing Children and Vice Chairman of the APPG on Epilepsy. Edward is also Vice President of Conservative Friends of Poland. His areas of particular policy interest are education, social and family policy and justice.

Edward is enormously proud to represent the people of Crewe and Nantwich at Westminster, and believes they deserve an MP who puts their constituency first. As MP for Crewe and Nantwich, Edward is not frightened to stand up for his constituents even where it is at odds with his Party's policy. He rebelled against his party on both the proposed part-privatisation of the Royal Mail and on changes to Bingo Tax.

Edward is married to Julia and they have three children, a boy Sam (aged 6) and two girls, Elizabeth (aged 4) and Lydia (aged 2), all born on their due date at Leighton Hospital, Crewe. Lydia is a leap year baby!

Last year Edward completed his seventh marathon in London, raising over £3,000 for local disabled children charities. He ran the marathon again during the 2010 General Election campaign for two more local charities of which he is a patron.

Away from politics, Edward is a fan of football, both watching and playing.

Edward is part of a team that has played a series of fixtures against the Liverpool Legends, Manchester City, West Bromwich Albion and Hollyoaks, raising nearly £30,000 for St Luke's Cheshire Hospice and the Wingate Centre.

Tel: 0207 219 5804 / House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA Email: wallaceb@parliament.uk

Ben and his wife Liza live in north Lancashire with their three young children.

Before entering Parliament, Ben served for 8 years in the Scots Guards seeing service in many locations including Northern Ireland, Central America and Germany. At 21 on his first operational tour, Ben was mentioned in despatches.

When time permits, Ben and Liza enjoy racing, walking and skiing.

Ben Wallace's Experience

Ben was elected as a Member of Parliament for Lancaster & Wyre in May 2005.  Since that time, Ben has put forward a range of parliamentary questions on the issues and concerns that matter to people in Lancaster & Wyre.

In July 2007, Ben was appointed as a Shadow Minister for Scotland.