Members Of Parliament in Eastwood, Leigh-on-sea, Essex

Southend West (House of Commons)

Mr David Amess MP (Conservative)

Surgery: Iveagh Hall
67 Leigh Road
Leigh-on-Sea
Essex
SS9 1JW

Surgery Tel: 01702 472391

MP Since - 1983 Majority - 7,270 Born - 26/03/1952, Married, 1 son, 4 daughters
Education - St Bonaventure's Grammar School Newham, Bournmouth College of Technology.

Previous Occupation - Teacher (1970-71), Underwriter for the Leslie Godwin Agency (1974-76), and Accountancy Personnel (1976-79), Recruitment Consultant to Executemps Company Agency (1979-81). Chairman of Accountancy Solutions (1987-90), and Accountancy Aims and Westminster Recruitment Consultants (1990-96)
Personal Overview - Was notable as the highly vocal MP for Basildon until 1997, when a safer seat became available. He is likely to tend to the right in the Conservative Party and is a Catholic. Has a background in recruitment consultancy, but has yet to obtain any significant Government or Opposition post.
Political History - Councillor Redbridge BC (1981-86). MP Basildon (1983-97). PPS to Edwina Currie, Michael Portillo and Lord Skelmersdale (1987-88). PPS to Michael Portillo (Departments of Transport, Environment,Treasury, Employment, Defence) (1988-97). MP Southend West (1997-). Chairman of the Conservative Party Backbench Committee of Health (1999-). Honorary Secretary of Conservative Friends of Israel. Vice Chairman of the Conservative Health Committee (1999-2001), Vice Chairman of the Conservative Health/Social Services Committee (2001-03). Member of the Health Select Committee (1998-2007), Chairmen's Panel (2001-). Member of the Broadcast Select Committee (1994-07). Member of the Backbench Business Committee (2012-).
Characteristics - May well be prepared to speak his mind, and is a member of the pro-life movement. Chairman of 1912 Club (1996 -)

Business Tel: 020 7219 3452

Email: amessd@parliament.uk

Interests: Environment,Housing,Abortion,Transport,Pro-Life Movement,Cyprus,Education & Training,Health,Employment,Local Government

Commitee membership

Chairmen's Panel Committee (Member)
Backbench Business Committee (Member)
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Accident Prevention (Member)
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Alcohol Misuse (Member)
All-Party Parliamentary Group for Allergy (Member)
Animal Welfare (Associate Group) (Member)
All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Replacement of Animals in Medical Experimentation (Member)
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Asthma (Member)
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Atrial Fibrillation (Member)
All-Party Parliamentary Friends of the Baha'is Group (Member)
All-Party Parliamentary Balanced and Sustainable Communities Group (Member)
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Basketball (Member)
All-Party Parliamentary Group for Brass Bands (Member)
British Council Group (Member)
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Excellence in the Built Environment (Member)
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Cannabis and Children (Member)
All-Party Parliamentary Carbon Monoxide Group (Member)
All-Party Parliamentary Group for Cardiac Risk in the Young (Treasurer)
All-Party Parliamentary Group for Child Health and Vaccine Preventable Diseases (Member)
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Childcare (Member)
All-Party Parliamentary Group on the Chinese in Britain (Member)
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Classical Music (Member)
All-Party Parliamentary Group for Clean Coal (Member)
Conservation and Wildlife Group (Member)
All-Party Parliamentary Dance Group (Member)
All-Party Parliamentary Group for Democracy in Bahrain (Vice Chairman)
All-Party Parliamentary Drug Misuse Group (Member)
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Emergency Services (Member)
Epilepsy Group (Member)
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Eye Health and Visual Impairment (Member)
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Fairs and Showgrounds (Member)
All-Party Parliamentary Fire Safety and Rescue Group (Chairman)
All-Party Parliamentary Fisheries Group (Member)
Flags and Heraldry Group (Member)
All-Party Parliamentary Fuel Poverty and Energy Efficiency Group (Member)
All-Party Parliamentary Group for Funerals and Bereavement (Vice Chairman)
All-Party Parliamentary Gardening and Horticulture Group (Member)
All-Party Parliamentary Greyhound Group (Member)
Health Group (Associate Group) (Member)
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Heart Disease (Member)
All-Party Parliamentary Hepatology Group (Chairman)
All-Party Parliamentary Group on the Holy See (Member)
All-Party Parliamentary Group for Intelligent Energy (Member)
Parliamentary Internet and Communications Technology Forum Group (Member)
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Learning Disability (Member)
All-Party Parliamentary Light Rail Group (Member)
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases (Member)
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Management (Member)
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Maternity (Member)
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Men's Health (Member)
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Modern Languages (Member)
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Motor Neurone Disease (Member)
All-Party Parliamentary Group for Multiple Sclerosis (Vice Chairman)
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Recognition of Munitions Workers (Member)
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Music (Member)
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) (Member)
All-Party Parliamentary Group on National Parks (Member)
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Ovarian Cancer (Member)
All-Party Parliamentary Group for Paediatric Mobility Reform (Member)
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Pancreatic Cancer (Member)
All-Party Parliamentary Group for Parkinson's Disease (Member)
Patient and Public Involvement in Health and Social Care Group (Member)
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Peak Oil and Gas (Member)
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Pharmacy (Member)
Philately (Associate Group) (Member)
All-Party Parliamentary Pro-Life Group (Member)
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Publishing (Member)
Road Passenger Transport Group (Associate Group) (Member)
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Scientific Research in Learning and Education (Member)
All-Party Parliamentary Small Shops Group (Member)
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia (Member)
Slimming World Group (Member)
All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Steel and Metal Related Industry (Member)
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Stem Cell Transplantation (Member)
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Street Children (Member)
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Stroke (Member)
All-Party Parliamentary Thrombosis Group (Vice Chairman)
Tidy Britain Group (Member)
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Involuntary Tranquilliser Addiction (Member)
Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety Group (Member)
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Global Tuberculosis (Member)
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Depleted Uranium (Member)
All-Party Parliamentary Wholesale Group (Member)
All-Party Parliamentary Zoos and Aquariums Group (Treasurer)
British-Argentine Group (Member)
British-Armenian Group (Member)
Austria Group (Member)
British-Belize Group (Member)
Britain-Bermuda Group (Vice Chairman)
All-Party Parliamentary Hungary Group (Vice Chairman)
All-Party British-Italian Parliamentary Group (Member)
British-Liechtenstein Group (Member)
All-Party British-Maldives Parliamentary Group (Chairman)
All-Party Parliamentary Mauritius Group (Vice Chairman)
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Mongolia (Member)
British-Montserrat Group (Member)
North Korea Group (Treasurer)
All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Philippines (Secretary)
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Poland (Member)
All-Party Parliamentary British-Qatar Group (Member)
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Sri Lanka (Member)
British-Syria Group (Member)
Turks and Caicos Islands Group (Member)

Eastern (European Parliament)

Mr Stuart Agnew MEP (UK Independence)

MEP Since - 2009 Born - 30/08/49 Married, 3 sons.
Education - Education: Blickling Lodge School. Hordle House School. Gordonstoun School. Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester (Agricultural Science) (2 years), gained the MRAC with the McLennan Silver Medal. National Diploma in Agriculture.

Previous Occupation - Worked in a school in India at the age of 18, teaching English for 1 year. Worked in a dairy farm in Buckinghamshire for 1 year. Farm Manager in the UK (3 years), worked in South Africa, had several jobs including working for Prudential. Soil and Water Conservation Officer for the Ministry of Agriculture in Rhodesia (1975-76), Rhodesian Army (1975-76). Employed on the family farm (1977-83). Ran the family farming business in Fakenham, Norfolk (1983-).

Personal Overview - Elected to the European Parliament in 2009 from second place on the party list. Experienced farmer who has since 1983 ran his family farm in Norfolk. Has been active within the National Farmers Union in Norfolk for a number of years. He is well travelled, having worked in India, South Africa and Rhodesia (Zimbabwe). Joined UKIP in 1999, dismayed at the way the European Union regulated Farming. Has previously stood as a candidate at both a National and Local level.

Political History - Joined UKIP (1999). Chairman of the Norwich and Norfolk Branch (2003-05), has been a member of the Agricultural Policy Group. Member of the Regional Committee (2004-05). Local Council candidate, North Norfolk District Council (2007). General Election candidate for Mid Norfolk (2001), for North Norfolk (2005) and candidate for Broadland at the next General Election. European Parliamentary candidate for the Eastern Region (2004). MEP Eastern Region (from second on the party list) (2009-). Member of the Agriculture and Rural Development Committee (2009-). Substitute member of the Constitutional Affairs Committee (2011-). Member of the Fisheries Committee (2012-).

Other Information - Norfolk County Chairman of the National Farmers Union (NFU) (1998). Norfolk Delegate to HQ Council NFU (2000-). Chairman of Castle Acre Cricket Club. Drove from the UK to India at the age of 18 with friends to work in a School teaching English.
Intergroups - N/a.

Email: johnstuart.agnew@europarl.europa.eu

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Interests: Agriculture,Small Business,Foreign Affairs