Tom Brake

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Tom Brake

Tom Brake has been the Liberal Democrat Party MP for Carshalton and Wallington since 1997.[1] In 2015 Brake was re-elected with a majority of 1,510. [2]

Since 2012, he has been Deputy Leader of the House of Commons.[1]

Career

His parliamentary career has included positions as: Shadow Spokesperson (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) 1997-99; Shadow Spokesperson (Communities and Local Government) 199-01; Opposition Whip (Commons) 2000-04; Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 2001-05; Shadow Secretary of State for International Development 2005-06; Shadow Minister (Communities and Local Government) 2006-07; Shadow Minister (Olympics and London) 2007-10; Shadow Minister (Home Affairs) 2008-10.[1]

Since 2012, he has been Deputy Leader of the House of Commons.[1]

Resigns as adviser to Henry Jackson Society and Student Rights

In June 2013, Brake resigned from the advisory council of the Henry Jackson Society following controversial comments by Douglas Murray.[3] Shortly afterwards he also resigned from the board of Student Rights, a counter-extremism group linked to the Henry Jackson Society.[4]

Special advisers and staff

Affiliations

Contact

Parliamentary

  • Address: House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
  • Telephone: 020 7219 0924
  • Email: braket@parliament.uk

Constituency

  • Address: Kennedy House, 5 Nightingale Road, Carshalton, SM5 2DN
  • Telephone: 020 8255 8155
  • Fax: 020 8395 4453
  • Email: info@tombrake.co.uk

Web & Social media

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Rt Hon Tom Brake, UK Parliament, 10 September 2013.
  2. Tom Brake Express, accessed 19 May 2015
  3. Sunny Hundal, Excl: Libdem resigns from controversial think-tank Henry Jackson Society, Liberal Conspiracy, 5 June 2013.
  4. Lucy Sherriff Student Rights: LibDem MP Tom Brake deserts counter-extremism group, others set to follow, Huffington Post, Posted: 06/06/2013 11:55 BST Updated: 07/06/2013 08:52 BST. Accessed 28 November 2013
  5. Linkedin Valeria Orezzi, accessed 25 June 2015.
  6. Register of interests of members' secretaries and research assistants, 23 March 2016, parliament.uk, accessed 19 April 2016
  7. Rail APPG,www.parliament.uk, accessed 16 November 2015
  8. Mens Health APPG, www.parliament.uk, accessed 19 November 2015