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Theresa Anne Villiers (born March 5, 1968, London) is a British Conservative politician, and the Member of Parliament for Chipping Barnet.
Theresa was educated at the University of Bristol, where she took a First Class degree in Law (1990) and went on to obtain a BCL from Jesus College, Oxford (1991). After graduating she worked as a barrister and as a lecturer (1994-99) at King's College London.
As an MEP her main interests were finance and financial services, the preservation of London's green belt, Cyprus, animal welfare and campaigning against the Euro and the European Constitution. She served as Deputy Leader of the Conservatives in the European Parliament between 2001 and 2002. She also served as a member of the governing board of the Conservative Party during this period.
In 2003, following Sir Sydney Chapman's announcement that he would retire at the following election, Villiers was selected as the Conservative parliamentary candidate for Chipping Barnet. Although Chapman's majority at the 2001 election was only 2,701 Chipping Barnet was considered a "safe" Conservative seat, and in the General Election Villiers held the seat with an increased majority of 5,960. She resigned her seat as an MEP, which under the list system was filled by the next candidate on the Conservatives London regional list - Syed Kamall.
In December 2005, following the election of David Cameron as Conservative leader, Villiers was promoted to the Shadow Cabinet after just seven months in Parliament, as Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury. In July 2007, Cameron promoted her to Shadow Secretary of State for Transport.
Villiers supported the temporary suspension of Ken Livingstone by the Adjudication Panel for England, who examined the case after a complaint from the Board of Deputies of British Jews to the Standards Board for England.
Theresa was educated at the University of Bristol, where she took a First Class degree in Law (1990) and went on to obtain a BCL from Jesus College, Oxford (1991). After graduating she worked as a barrister and as a lecturer (1994-99) at King's College London.
Political career
She was elected Member of the European Parliament for the London constituency in 1999, re-elected in 2004, standing down after the 2005 general election when she was elected as the Member of Parliament for Chipping Barnet.As an MEP her main interests were finance and financial services, the preservation of London's green belt, Cyprus, animal welfare and campaigning against the Euro and the European Constitution. She served as Deputy Leader of the Conservatives in the European Parliament between 2001 and 2002. She also served as a member of the governing board of the Conservative Party during this period.
In 2003, following Sir Sydney Chapman's announcement that he would retire at the following election, Villiers was selected as the Conservative parliamentary candidate for Chipping Barnet. Although Chapman's majority at the 2001 election was only 2,701 Chipping Barnet was considered a "safe" Conservative seat, and in the General Election Villiers held the seat with an increased majority of 5,960. She resigned her seat as an MEP, which under the list system was filled by the next candidate on the Conservatives London regional list - Syed Kamall.
In December 2005, following the election of David Cameron as Conservative leader, Villiers was promoted to the Shadow Cabinet after just seven months in Parliament, as Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury. In July 2007, Cameron promoted her to Shadow Secretary of State for Transport.
Villiers supported the temporary suspension of Ken Livingstone by the Adjudication Panel for England, who examined the case after a complaint from the Board of Deputies of British Jews to the Standards Board for England.
Quotations
- "The European Union has been one of the greatest offenders in excluding developing countries from participating in European markets. There is simply no way that impoverished African farmers can compete with the subsidies given to farmers under the Common Agricultural Policy."
- "The (European) Constitution is designed to create a country called Europe and give ever more power to Brussels at the expense of nationally elected governments. I think that's bad for democracy, bad for Britain and bad for Europe."
Trivia
Villiers is part of an old English political family and is related to the 1st and 2nd Dukes of Buckingham, the former being First Minister under James I and the latter a member of the CABAL cabinet under Charles II.External links
- Theresa Villiers official site
- Guardian Unlimited Politics - Ask Aristotle: Theresa Villiers MP
- TheyWorkForYou.com - Theresa Villiers MP
Offices Held
| European Parliament | ||
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| Preceded by (new constituency) | Member of European Parliament for London 1999–2005 | Succeeded by Syed Kamall |
| Parliament of the United Kingdom (1801–present) | ||
| Preceded by Sir Sydney Chapman | Member of Parliament for Chipping Barnet 2005– | Succeeded by Incumbent |
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"Dieu et mon droit" [2] (French)
"God and my right"
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"God Save the Queen" [3]
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"Dieu et mon droit" [2] (French)
"God and my right"
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Conservative Party
Leader David Cameron
Founded Historical 1671, Modern 1830
Headquarters 30 Millbank, London SW1
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Leader David Cameron
Founded Historical 1671, Modern 1830
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Political Ideology Conservatism
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Chipping Barnet is a parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom's House of Commons. It is strongly Conservative and withstood the Labour landslide of 1997.
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University of Bristol is a university in Bristol, England. It received its Royal Charter in 1909,[10] although its predecessor institution, University College, Bristol,had been in existence since 1876.
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Jesus College (in full: Jesus College in the University of Oxford of Queen Elizabeth's Foundation) is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. As of 2006 the college had a financial endowment of £119m.
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The United Kingdom general election of 2005 was held on Thursday, 5 May 2005. The Labour Party under Tony Blair won its third consecutive victory, with a reduced House of Commons overall majority of 66.
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Chipping Barnet is a parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom's House of Commons. It is strongly Conservative and withstood the Labour landslide of 1997.
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A green belt or greenbelt is a policy or land use designation used in land use planning to retain areas of largely undeveloped, wild, or agricultural land surrounding or neighbouring urban areas.
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Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe (TCE), commonly referred to as the European Constitution, was an unimplemented international treaty intended to create a constitution for the European Union.
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Syed Salah Kamall (born February 15, 1967) is a British Conservative Party politician, Member of the European Parliament for London.
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Kenneth Robert Livingstone (born June 17, 1945) is a British politician who became Mayor of London on the creation of the post in 2000.
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