Members Of Parliament in Bridgwater - Bridgwater Mercury

MPs: Ian Liddell-Grainger MP; William of Dartmouth MEP;

Bridgwater and West Somerset (House of Commons)

Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger MP (Conservative)

Surgery: 16 Northgate
Bridgwater
Somerset
TA6 3EU

Surgery Tel: 01278 458383

MP Since - 2001 Majority - 9,249 Born - 23/02/59, Married, 1 son, 2 daughters.
Education - Wellesley House, Kent, Millfield, Somerset, South of Scotland Agricultural College.
Previous Occupation - Farmer (Family farm in Berwickshire, 1980-85). Company Director, Property Management/Development (North East of England, 1985-). Also qualified accountant, and former Major in the Fusiliers (Territorial Army).

Personal Overview - Experienced politician with prior knowledge of Parliamentary workings owing to membership of a House of Lords working group, and advisory roles to the Defence and Foreign Affairs Select Committees. A case of third time lucky in terms of gaining Commons membership, he failed at the 1997 Election by less than two-thousand votes in Devon West & Torridge, the seat which initially gained Liberal Democrat affiliation with the defection of (now Baroness and MEP) Emma Nicholson. Despite being still of an age to be suitable for advancement, a ministerial career has not been forthcoming following the formation of the Conservative/Liberal Democrat Coalition administration.

Political History - Chairman, Corbridge Branch Conservative Association, Member, Hexham Conservative Association Executive, Councillor, Tynedale DC (1989-95), Northern Area Council (1992-95). Parliamentary Candidate, Devon West & Torridge (1997), European Candidate, Tyne & Wear (1994), Member for Bridgwater (2001-2010), Member for Bridgwater and West Somerset (2010-). Member of the Public Administration Select Committee (2001-10), Scottish Affairs Select Committee (2002-05), Environment, Food & Rural Affairs Select Committee (2003-05). Member of the Environmental Audit Select Committee (2008-10). Member of the Statutory Instruments Select Committee (2010-). Member of the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments (2010-).

Characteristics - Has the distinguished antecedence of a royal connection - he is around 250th in line to the throne, being a descendant of Queen Victoria through her youngest son Prince Leopold. Member of the NFU, and the Institute of Directors (IoD). Member, House of Lords Rural Economy Group. Former Advisor to the Chairmen of the Defence, and Foreign Affairs Select Committees during the 1992-97 Parliament. Northern Industrial Representative to the European Parliament.
Other Information - Alternative email address is ianliddellgrainger@hotmail.co.uk.

Business Tel: 020 7219 8149

Email: ianlg@parliament.uk

Interests: Business & Finance,Agriculture,European Issues,Defence,General Trade & Industry,Foreign Affairs,Property Development,Rural,Chemical Industry,Local Government

Commitee membership

• Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee) (Member)
• Statutory Instruments Committee (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary Angling Group (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary Group for Arms Length Management Organisations (ALMOs) (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary Group on Autism (Member)
• UK-Bahrain Group (Vice Chairman)
• All-Party Parliamentary Group for State Boarding Schools (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary Group for Brain Tumours (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary Group for Brass Bands (Member)
• Cambodia Group (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary Group on Cannabis and Children (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary Group for Cheese (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary China Group (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary Cider Group (Chairman)
• Constitution, Parliament and Citizenship Group (Chairman)
• All-Party Parliamentary Group on Digital TV Switchover (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary Group on Dyslexia and Specific Learning Difficulties (Chairman)
• All-Party Parliamentary Group for Energy Studies (Chairman)
• All-Party Parliamentary Group on Ethiopia (Member)
• United Kingdom Falkland Islands Group (Vice Chairman)
• All-Party Parliamentary Gardening and Horticulture Group (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Horse (Vice Chairman)
• All-Party Parliamentary Group on UK-India Trade and Investment (Vice Chairman)
• British-Iraq Group (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary Group for Malaysia (Secretary)
• Media Literacy Group (Associate Group) (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary Group on Improving Patient Access to Medical Technology (Chairman)
• All-Party Parliamentary Methodist Group (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary Group for Micro Businesses (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary Group on Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary Group on Nuclear Energy (Vice Chairman)
• All-Party Parliamentary Group on the Pharmaceutical Industry (Chairman)
• All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Philippines (Member)
• Pitcairn Islands Group (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary Group for Global Action against Childhood Pneumonia (Secretary)
• All-Party Parliamentary Rugby League Group (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary Group on Shooting and Conservation (Treasurer)
• UK-Singapore Group (Member)
• All-Party British-Swiss Parliamentary Group (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary Taxation Group (Chairman)
• All-Party Parliamentary Veterans Group (Member)
• British Virgin Islands Group (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary Group for World Governance (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary Zoos and Aquariums 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-).

Other Information - At Oxford he was elected Secretary of the Oxford Union.
Intergroups - N/a.

Email: @europarl.europa.eu

Interests: Business & Finance

Commitee membership

• International Trade (Member)

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