Members Of Parliament in Marnhull, Sturminster Newton, Dorset - Evesham Journal

MPs: Robert Walter MP; William of Dartmouth MEP;

North Dorset (House of Commons)

Mr Robert Walter MP (Conservative)

Surgery: Upcoming surgeries

Friday 19 October 2012

Verwood 4-6pm


Friday 9 November 2012

Gillingham 4-6pm


Friday 14 December 2012

Blandford 4-6pm

Surgery Tel: 01258 452 585

MP Since - 1997 Majority - 7,625 Born - 30/05/1948. Widower, 2 sons & 1 daughter; Divorced.
Education - Lord Weymouth School, Warminster, Aston University, Birmingham.

Previous Occupation - Former Sheep Farmer, South Devon; Director and Vice President of Aubrey G Langston & Co. (1986-97); Member London Stock Exchange (1983-86); Visiting Lecturer in East-West Trade, University of Westminster.

Personal Overview - Has a background in farming and in business. One of his key interests appears to be European issues, an area where he is likely to have some knowledge and a positive attitude. His career to date has remained on the back benches, where he has held a number of Select Committee memberships.
Political History - Chairman of the Conservative Group for Europe (1992-95). MP North Dorset (1997-). Vice Chairman of the Conservative Agriculture, Fisheries & Food Committee (1997-99), Secretary of the Conservative Party Committee for European Affairs Committee (1997-99). Member of the Health Select Committee (1997-99) Member of the Unopposed Bills (Panel) Select Committees (1997-). Member of the European Scrutiny Select Committee (1999). Opposition Spokesman for Constitutional Affairs (Wales) (1999-2001). Member of the International Development Select Committee (2001-03), Treasury Select Committee (2003-05) & Treasury Sub Committee (2004-).
Characteristics - Former Chairman of the European Democrat Forum, and a member of the Conservative Foreign and Commonwealth Council. Freeman of the City of London, and founder member of the Wiltshire Europe Society. A School Governor.

Business Tel: 020 7219 6981

Email: robert.walter.mp@parliament.uk

My blog

Interests: Environment,European Issues,General Trade & Industry,Foreign Affairs,East-West Trade

Commitee membership

• All-Party Parliamentary Group on Agriculture and Food for Development (Member)
• Arab League Group (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary Group on Asthma (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary Group for Cardiac Risk in the Young (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary Group on Carers (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary Cider Group (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary Group on Citizens Advice (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary Group for Community Development in Europe (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary Group on Entrepreneurship (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary European Union Group (Secretary)
• Wholesale Financial Markets and Services (Associate Group) (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Prevention of Genocide and Crimes against Humanity (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary Greyhound Group (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary Group on Highway Maintenance (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary Human Rights Group (Vice Chairman)
• All-Party Parliamentary Group on Huntington's Disease (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary Lighting Group (Member)
• Mobile Homes Group (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Group (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary Print Group (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary Group on Prison Health (Vice Chairman)
• All-Party Parliamentary Retail Group (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary Rugby League Group (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary Commons and Lords Rugby Union Football Club Group (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary Rugby Union Group (Vice Chairman)
• All-Party Parliamentary Sailing and Marine Leisure Group (Treasurer)
• All-Party Parliamentary Group on Spinal Cord Injury (Member)
• Surgical Services (Associate Group) (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary Group on Sustainable Housing (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary Thrombosis Group (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary Group on Transatlantic and International Security (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary Wine and Spirit Group (Member)
• Austria Group (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary Group for Belgium (Chairman)
• British-Belize Group (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary Botswana Group (Member)
• British-Central American Group (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary Group for Croatia (Vice Chairman)
• All-Party Parliamentary Group on Ethiopia (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary Group on European Union Enlargement (Secretary)
• British-Finnish Group (Member)
• British-Icelandic Group (Member)
• Indonesia Group (Member)
• All-Party British-Italian Parliamentary Group (Member)
• British-Japanese Group (Treasurer)
• All-Party Parliamentary Group for Macedonia (Member)
• All-Party British-Maldives Parliamentary Group (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary Group on Morocco (Vice Chairman)
• Netherlands Group (Member)
• Britain-Palestine Group (Member)
• Romania Group (Vice Chairman)
• All-Party Parliamentary Russia Group (Treasurer)
• All-Party Parliamentary Group for Serbia (Member)
• UK-Singapore Group (Member)
• British-Swedish Group (Vice Chairman)
• British-Syria Group (Treasurer)
• All-Party Parliamentary Group for Thailand (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary Group for Turkey (Secretary)
• Turks and Caicos Islands Group (Vice Chairman)
• All-Party Parliamentary Group for Vietnam (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary Group on Western Sahara (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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