Alan Haselhurst

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Alan Haselhurst MP for Saffron Walden

Alan Haselhurst has been the Conservative Party MP for Saffron Walden since 1977. He was re-elected in May 2010 with a majority vote of 15,242. [1] In the 2015 general election, Haslehurst retained his seat for with an increased majority of 24,991. [2]

In June 1995 he was awarded a knighthood in the Queen's Birthday Honours. [1]

Parliamentary career

  • MP for Middleton and Prestwich 1970-74
  • MP for Saffron Walden 1977-
  • Parliamentary private secretary to Home Secretary 1973-74
  • Parliamentary private secretary to secretary of state for Education 1979-81
  • Member of the select committee on European legislation 1982-97
  • Member of the select committee on transport 1992-97
  • Member of the select committee on catering 1992-97
  • Member of the speaker's panel of chairmen 1992-97
  • Chairman of ways and means and deputy speaker 1997-2010
  • Member of the finance & services committee 2008-
  • Chair of the House of Commons administration committee 2010-
  • Chair of the UK branch of the commonwealth parliamentary association 2010-
  • Member of the liaison committee 2010- [3]

Education

Haselhurst was educated at King Edward VI Grammar School in Birmingham, Cheltenham College and Oriel College University of Oxford.

Contact

Constituency

  • Address: The Old Armoury, Saffron Walden, CB10 1JN
  • Telephone: 01799 506349
  • Fax: 01799 506047
  • Email: office@saffronwaldenconservatives.net

Parliamentary

  • Address: House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
  • Telephone: 020 7219 5214
  • Fax: 020 7219 5600
  • Email: alan.haselhurst.mp@parliament.uk

Web & Social media

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Sir Alan Haselhurst politics.co.uk, accessed 5 March 2015
  2. Alan Haslehurst Express, accessed 15 May 2015
  3. About Sir Alan Sir Alan Haselhurst, accessed 5 March 2015