Members Of Parliament in Bournemouth - Thisisdorset

MPs: Tobias Ellwood MP; Conor Burns MP; William of Dartmouth MEP;

Bournemouth East (House of Commons)

Mr Tobias Ellwood MP (Conservative)

Surgery: 2012
The dates of the next surgeries are:

Fri 9 Dec 10.00 -12.00

BECA, Conservative Club, Haviland Road West, Boscombe Bournemouth BH1 4JW

Fri 16 Dec 10.00 -12.00

BECA, Conservative Club, Haviland Road West, Boscombe Bournemouth BH1 4JW

Fri 6 Jan 10.00 -12.00

BECA, Conservative Club, Haviland Road West, Boscombe Bournemouth BH1 4JW

Sat 7 Jan 10.30 - 12.00

Walk in Tuckton Library

Fri 17 Feb 10.00 -12.00

BECA, Conservative Club, Haviland Road West, Boscombe Bournemouth BH1 4JW

Fri 16 Mar 10.00 -12.00

BECA, Conservative Club, Haviland Road West, Boscombe Bournemouth BH1 4JW

Sat 16 Mar 10.30 -12.00

Walk in TBC

Fri 13 April 10.00 -12.00

BECA, Conservative Club, Haviland Road West,
Boscombe Bournemouth BH1 4JW

Surgery Tel: 01202 397047

MP Since - 2005 Majority - 7,728 Born - 12/08/1966. Married.
Education - Vienna International School, Austria. Loughborough University of Technology (BA design and technology 1990). City University Business School (MBA 1999).

Previous Occupation - Army officer, Royal Green Jackets (1991-96). Researcher, for Tom King MP (1996-97). Senior business manager, London Stock Exchange (1999-2000).

Personal Overview - He has travelled extensively with the Army where he served in Northern Ireland, Cyprus, Kuwait, Germany, Gibraltar and Bosnia. Politically he has been active running a number of local campaigns including traffic management, regeneration issues for Boscombe, crime, and securing Shelley Manor as a community facility. Became an opposition Whip shortly after entering parliament, before advancing to become an Opposition Spokesman in 2007, however he could not translate this into a Ministerial post following the 2010 election. In October 2006 he suggested that the Opium Trade in Afghanistan be licensed in order to undermine the Taliban and well as combating the shortage of morphine and codeine. Returned as a PPS in October 2011 to David Lidington shortly after losing his job following the resignation of Liam Fox.

Political History - Branch chair for the Herts SW Conservative Association (1998). Councillor for the Dacorum Borough Council (1999). School Governor at the John F Kennedy School Hemel Hempstead (2000). Chair for the Conservative Insight (2000). Contested Worsley at the 2001 General Election. MP for Bournemouth East (2005-). Member of the Environmental Audit Select Committee (2005-06). Opposition Whip (2005-07). Shadow Minister for Culture, Media and Sport (2007-10). PPS to Rt Hon Liam Fox as Secretary of State for Defence (2010-11). PPS to Rt Hon David Lidington as Minister of State (Europe), Foreign and Commonwealth Office (2011-).

Characteristics - Born in New York, USA. Grew up in Bonn, Germany and Vienna, Austria. Enjoys music, theatre, windsurfing and flying as a private pilot.

Business Tel: 0207 219 4349

Email: tobias.ellwood.mp@parliament.uk

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Interests: Business & Finance,Defence,Law & Order,Health

Commitee membership

• Afghanistan (Associate Group) (Chairman)
• All-Party Parliamentary Balanced and Sustainable Communities Group (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary Betting and Gaming Group (Member)
• Flags and Heraldry Group (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary Group on Homeland Security (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary Jazz Appreciation Group (Member)
• Kurdistan Region in Iraq Group (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary Scout Group (Member)
• Tourism Group (Member)
• United Kingdom-United Arab Emirates Group (Member)

Bournemouth West (House of Commons)

Mr Conor Burns MP (Conservative)

Surgery: Bournemouth West Conservatives
135 Hankinson Road
Bournemouth
Dorset
BH9 1HR

Surgery Tel: 01202 533553

MP Since - 2010 Majority - 5,583 Born - 24/09/1972 (Belfast).
Education - St Columba's College, St Albans. Southampton University (Modern History and Politics).

Previous Occupation - Former Company Secretary and Head of Business Development for an information services company based in London (DeHavilland Global Knowledge Distribution plc 1998). Ran a direct sales force in the southern region of England for a large insurance company. Employed by a private company based on the south coast. Has also been an Associate Director of PLMR Limited (Political Lobbying and Media Relations) (2009-10).

Personal Overview - Achieved election to this fairly safe Conservative seat at his third attempt to enter parliament in 2010. He had become politically active at an early age, even chairing his university's Conservative Association. Locally, he has campaigned in both Eastleigh and Bournemouth against house building on flood plain land. He has also shown some interest in limited reform of the electoral system, although has not gone as far suggesting moving to a proportional system. Prior to entering parliament he had a varied business career working in the finance and latterly the communications sectors. He has also been active supporting charities, having been on the management team (Voluntary Independent Member) of Eastleigh Home Start scheme to support families.

Political History - Chairman of the Southampton University Conservative Association (1992). Councillor, Southampton City Council (1999-2002), became a Spokesman for Housing and Regeneration and Conservative Group Leader. Has been a Senior Honorary Vice President of Conservative Future. General Election candidate for Eastleigh (2001, 2005). MP Bournemouth West (2010-). Member of the Education Select Committee (2010). PPS to Hugo Swire as Minister of State, Northern Ireland Office (2010-11), to Owen Paterson, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (2011-).

Characteristics - Has been a Board member of the Spitfire Tribute Foundation, working to construct a permanent monument to the Spitfire in the city of its birth. Outside politics he collects biographical books, is keen swimmer and enjoys walking in the countryside. He enjoys watching snooker and has often been to Sheffield to watch some of the world championship.

Business Tel: 020 7219 7021

Email: conor.burns.mp@parliament.uk

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Interests: Business & Finance,Electoral Reform,Charities,Health

Commitee membership

• All-Party Parliamentary Group on Archives and History (Member)
• UK-Bahrain Group (Chairman)
• All-Party Parliamentary Group on Credit Unions (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary Group on Emergency Ambulance and Paramedic Services (Member)
• United Kingdom Falkland Islands Group (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary Group on the Irish in Britain (Member)
• All-Party British-Italian Parliamentary Group (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary Group on Oman (Member)
• Shipbuilding and Ship Repair Group (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary Tunisia Group (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.

Email: @europarl.europa.eu

Interests: Business & Finance

Commitee membership

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

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