Members Of Parliament in Hereford - Hereford Times

MPs: Jesse Norman MP; Nikki Sinclaire MEP;

Hereford and South Herefordshire (House of Commons)

Mr Jesse Norman MP (Conservative)

Surgery: Suite 3
Penn House
Broad Street
Hereford
HR4 9AP

Surgery Tel: 01981 541085

MP Since - 2010 Majority - 2,481 Born - 1963, Married (Kate), 3 children.
Education - Oxford University. University College, London (MPhil, PhD).
Previous Occupation - Executive Director, Policy Exchange think tank. Director, Barclays Bank. Lecturer, University College, London.

Personal Overview - Gifted academic and author who has already contributed significantly to the national political discourse considerably through a range of well-received publications and articles. He is also a regular television and radio panelist/political commentator having appeared on BBC News 24, Sky News, and Radio 4's Start the Week, Westminster Hour, Analysis and Any Questions? programmes. Given such a pedigree it would be most surprising if he were not to forge a considerable Parliamentary career - external expectations of him would be eventually for a Cabinet seat rather than junior ministerial status. He is one of the tallest MPs being a mere 6 foot 5 inches.

Political History - Political Adviser to Shadow Work & Pensions Team, George Osbourne MP as Shadow Chancellor, and to Boris Johnson as London Mayor, Chairman, Conservative Co-operative Movement, Member for Hereford and South Herefordshire (2010-). Member of the Treasury Select Committee (2010-). Member of the Joint Committee on Consolidation Bills (2010-).

Characteristics - Author of several works - The Achievement of Michael Oakeshott, Breaking the Habits of a Lifetime, and After Euclid. He also authored Compassionate Conservatism which is often seen as being part of the present Cameronian mainstream policy agenda for the Conservative Party (The Sunday Times described it as the 'handbook to Cameronism'). Its successor Compassionate Economics was hailed by Daniel Hannan MEP as being 'the most intelligent political tract of 2009, and the best analysis of the credit crunch.' Trustee, Kindle Centre (South Wye), and of the Friends of St Marys (Ross-on-Wye). Board member, Hay Festival. Director of The Roundhouse, urban regeneration project for young people in London. Holds an honorary research fellowship in Philosophy from London University.

Business Tel: 020 7219 3000

Email: jesse.norman.mp@parliament.uk

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Interests: Health

Commitee membership

• Consolidation Bills: Joint Committee (Member)
• Treasury Committee (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary Cider Group (Treasurer)
• All-Party Parliamentary Group on Credit Unions (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary Group on Employee Ownership (Chairman)
• Energy Intensive Industries Group (Member)

West Midlands (European Parliament)

Ms Nikki Sinclaire MEP (Independent)

MEP Since - 2009. Born - 1968.
Education - Has a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) qualification.
Previous Occupation - Worked for Lloyds. Employed as a Gateway Store Manager and worked in Cyprus in the hospitality sector. Managed the UKIP Head Office in London (1999-2001). Political Assistant and Advisor to Mike Nattrass MEP for the West Midlands.

Personal Overview - Elected from second place on the UKIP Party list at the 2009 elections. Has extensive campaign experience for the party, having stood for election at both a Westminster and local level. At the 2001 General Election she was the campaign Manager for the three Medway constituencies of Medway, Gillingham and Chatham & Aylesford and has raised significant funds for the party. She has also campaigned abroad, most notably in the United States, assisting on campaigns for US Representative Susan Davis and Californian Governor Arnold Schwarznegger. Has a career background working for Lloyds, where she was a 'Problem troubleshooter'. Politically, she is likely to favour 'Small Government' and 'Individual Responsibility', has also stated that Margaret Thatcher is the reason that she got involved in politics. In terms of Europe, she favours a relationship of trade and friendship only and is particularly keen to get the UKIP message across to young people. Is likely to be a strong willed personality who is unafraid of expressing her views. Quit the UKIP European parliamentary group (EFD Group) in January 2010 concerned with some of their views. In reponse to this she was later expelled from the party in March 2010.

Political History - Joined UKIP (1996). Former Party Secretary and member of the party’s National Executive. Has stood twice for election to Medway Council (2000 and 2003). General Election candidate for Medway (2001), Halesowen and Rowley Regis (2005-). Has been Chairman of West Midlands and Solihull and Meriden UKIP Branch (2007). Chairman of the UKIP West Midlands Regional Committee (2008). MEP West Midlands Region (2009-). Member of the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality (2009-). Member of the Subcommittee on Human Rights (2009-). Substitute member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs (2009-). Substitute member of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (2009-). Independent member (March 2010-).

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Email: nikki.sinclaire@europarl.europa.eu

Interests: Health & Safety,Post Offices

Commitee membership

• Foreign Affairs (Substitute)
• Women's Rights & Gender Equality (Member)
• Subcommittee on Human Rights (Member)
• Civil Liberties, Justice & Home Affairs (Substitute)

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