Members Of Parliament in Chipping Sodbury, Bristol, Bristol-bath Area - The Oxford Times

MPs: Steven Webb MP; William of Dartmouth MEP;

Thornbury and Yate (House of Commons)

Professor Steven Webb MP (Liberal Democrat)

Surgery: Poole Court
Poole Court Drive
Yate
Bristol
BS37 5PP

Surgery Tel: 01454 322100

MP Since - 1997 Majority - 7,116 Born - 18/07/1965. Married, 1 daughter & 1 son.
Education - Dartmouth High School, Birmingham, Hertford College, Oxford (PPE).

Previous Occupation - Programme Director and Researcher, Institute of Fiscal Studies (1986-95); Social Policy Professor at the University of Bath (1995-97); Visiting professor (1997-).

Personal Overview - Has an a background in studying economic and social issues, with particular expertise on pensions and welfare, initially gaining a junior social security post, a position which enabled him to draw upon this knowledge. He has made a number of very detailed speeches in the House of Commons. In 1999 he was promoted to become their senior Social Security Spokesman and a Liberal Democrat shadow cabinet member. Was promoted again in 2005 to the high profile Health portfolio. Was made the Party's Chairman of their Manifesto Group in June 2007 in preparation for a General Election. Achieved a Shadow Cabinet position in Nick Clegg's initial Shadow Cabinet reshuffle. Gained responsibility for the Countryside in March 2008. Was moved to shadow the newly created Department of Energy and Climate Change in October 2008, shifting once again in 2009 to Work and Pensions. Moved into Government in May 2010, remaining with the Work and Pensions portfolio.

Political History - MP Northavon (1997-2010), MP Thornbury and Yate (2010-). Liberal Democrat Spokesman for Social Security & Welfare (1997-99), Liberal Democrat Spokesman for Social Security (1999-2001), Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (2001-05). Shadow Secretary of State for Health (2005-06). Chair of the Election Manifesto Team (2006-07). Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (2007-08). Shadow Minister for the Countryside (2008). Shadow Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change (2008-09). Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (2009-10). Minister of State for Pensions, Department for Work and Pensions (2010-).
Characteristics - Member of Amnesty International, and the World Development Movement. He is a committed Christian and has been an occasional Church Organist.
Other Information - Alternative email addresss is webbs@parliament.uk.

Business Tel: 020 7219 6557

Email: steve@stevewebb.org.uk

My blog

Interests: The Third World,Social Security

Commitee membership

• All-Party Parliamentary Group on Social Care (Member)

South West (European Parliament)

Earl William of Dartmouth MEP (UK Independence)

MEP Since - 2009 Born - 23/09/49. 10th Earl of Dartmouth.
Education - Eton. Christchurch College, Oxford. Harvard Business School.
Previous Occupation - Chartered Accountant, working in the United Arab Emirates (1975-77). Worked in the US for 6 years before returning to work in the UK in 1983 in finance, property and communications. Director, Hanson Transport. Chairman and Founder of Kirklees Cable.

Personal Overview - Former Conservative Peer who defected to the UK Independence party successfully gained election to the European Parliament at the 2009 elections. From a background in accountancy, he has worked in several countries, including the United Arab Emirates and US. A former Hereditary Peer, he lost his seat in the House of Lords in November 1999 in the Lords reforms of that year. Having reinvented himself as a UK Independence member he has the opportunity to use his accountancy skills to highlight any financial issues within the EU.

Political History - General Election candidate (Conservative) for Leigh (February 1974), Stockport South (October 1974). Succeeded his father to became a member of the House of Lords (1997-99). European Parliament candidate (1999). Joined the UK Independence Party (2007). Current prospective parliamentary candidate for Exeter. MEP South West Region (2009-). Member of the Committee on International Trade (2009-). Substitute member of the Foreign Affairs Committee.

Other Information - At Oxford he was elected Secretary of the Oxford Union.
Intergroups - N/a.

Business Tel: 32(0)2 28 49735

Email: william.dartmouth@europarl.europa.eu

Interests: Business & Finance

Commitee membership

• Foreign Affairs (Substitute)
• International Trade (Member)

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