Members Of Parliament in Takeley, Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire

MPs: Alan Haselhurst MP; Stuart Agnew MEP;

Saffron Walden (House of Commons)

Rt Hon. Sir Alan Haselhurst MP (Conservative)

Surgery: Oct 12
Broomfield Surgery
Time:
17.15 - 18.00

Broomfield Community Centre, 158 Main Road
Oct 12
Great Dunmow Surgery
Time:
18.30 - 19.15

Foakes House, Town Council Office, 47 Stortford Road
Nov 09
Thaxted Surgery
Time:
17.45 - 18.30

The Guildhall, Town Street
Nov 09
Saffron Walden Surgery
Time:
19.00 - 19.45

The Old Armoury, 3 Museum Street
Dec 07
Writtle Surgery
Time:
17.15 - 18.00

MAIN HALL, Writtle Village Hall, 18 The Green
Dec 07
Great Dunmow Surgery
Time:
18.30 - 19.15

Foakes House, Town Council Office, 47 Stortford Road
Jan 11
Stansted Surgery
Time:
17.45 - 18.30

Parish Council Office, Crafton Green
Jan 11
Saffron Walden Surgery
Time:
19.00 - 19.45

The Old Armoury, 3 Museum Street
Feb 08
Boreham Surgey
Time:
17.15 - 18.00

Village Hall, Main Road
Feb 08
Great Dunmow Surgery
Time:
18.30 - 19.15

Foakes House, Town Council Office, 47 Stortford Road

Surgery Tel: 01799 506349

MP Since - 1977 (by-election) Majority - 15,242 Born - 23/06/1937, Married (2 sons, 1 daughter)
Education - King Edward VI School, Birmingham, Cheltenham College, Oriel College, Oxford.

Previous Occupation - Secretary, Librarian, Treasurer, Oxford Union Society (1959-60), Executive in the Plastics and Chemicals Industries (1960-70), Public Affairs Consultant (1974-97).

Personal Overview - A long serving MP, who has some business and public affairs experience. He has spent his parliamentary career on the Backbenches, serving as a One-Nation Heathite Conservative during the Thatcher years was a surefire route to maintenance of backbench status. Without a party career path to follow he advanced to become Chairman of Ways & Means (Deputy Speaker) following the 1997 election, a position he retained following he election of Speaker Martin in 2000. He was not however re-elected as a Deputy Speaker following the 2010 election. A senior back bencher, he has now established himself as a Select Committee Chairman.

Political History - Member for Middleton and Prestwich (1970-74), Member for Saffron Walden (1977-), PPS to Secretary of State for Education and Science (1979-81). Member, Catering Select Committee (1991-97), Chairman of Ways and Means and Deputy Speaker (1997-2010). Member, Finance & Services (2008-), Secretary, Cricket All Party Group. Chairman of the Administration Select Committee (2010-). Member of the Liaison Select Committee (2010-).

Characteristics - In his role as Deputy Speaker, he will be apolitical.

Business Tel: 020 7219 5214

Email: alan.haselhurst.mp@parliament.uk

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Interests: Agriculture,European Issues,Aviation,Foreign Affairs,Community Issues,Education & Training,Youth Issues

Commitee membership

Administration Committee (Chairman)
Chairmen's Panel Committee (Chairman)
Finance & Services Committee (Member)
Liaison Committee (Member)
All-Party Parliamentary Group for Aerospace (Member)
All-Party Parliamentary Aviation Group (Member)
Lords and Commons Cricket Club (Associate Group) (Vice President)
All-Party Parliamentary Cricket Group (Chairman)
All-Party Parliamentary Group on the Queen's Diamond Jubilee (Member)
All-Party Parliamentary Youth Hostelling Group (Member)
Cambodia Group (Member)
All-Party Britain-Republic of Korea Parliamentary Group (Member)
UK-Singapore 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