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'''Theresa Villiers''' was appointed Northern Ireland Secretary in September 2012.<ref name="GuardianReshuffle">Juliette Jowit, Shiv Malik and Haroon Siddique, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2012/sep/04/new-cabinet?CMP=twt_gu Cabinet reshuffle: who has moved so far?], guardian.co.uk, 4 September 2012.</ref> | '''Theresa Villiers''' was appointed Northern Ireland Secretary in September 2012.<ref name="GuardianReshuffle">Juliette Jowit, Shiv Malik and Haroon Siddique, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2012/sep/04/new-cabinet?CMP=twt_gu Cabinet reshuffle: who has moved so far?], guardian.co.uk, 4 September 2012.</ref> | ||
| − | She was previously | + | She was previously the minister of state for the [[Department for Transport]] in May 2010.<ref>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/may/13/full-list-of-new-cabinet-ministers Full list of new cabinet ministers and other government appointments], guardian.co.uk, 13 May 2010.</ref> |
Villiers has also been the [[Conservative Party]] MP for Chipping Barnet since 2003. In the 2015 general election she was re-elected again, gaining a majority of 7,656. <ref> [http://www.express.co.uk/politics/politicians/conservative/theresa-villiers/538 Theresa Villiers] ''Express'', accessed 19 May 2015 </ref> | Villiers has also been the [[Conservative Party]] MP for Chipping Barnet since 2003. In the 2015 general election she was re-elected again, gaining a majority of 7,656. <ref> [http://www.express.co.uk/politics/politicians/conservative/theresa-villiers/538 Theresa Villiers] ''Express'', accessed 19 May 2015 </ref> | ||
Revision as of 01:18, 11 June 2015
Theresa Villiers was appointed Northern Ireland Secretary in September 2012.[1]
She was previously the minister of state for the Department for Transport in May 2010.[2]
Villiers has also been the Conservative Party MP for Chipping Barnet since 2003. In the 2015 general election she was re-elected again, gaining a majority of 7,656. [3]
History
Villiers was an MEP for London 1999 to 2005. Following on from this, she worked as the shadow chief secretary to the HM Treasury from 2005 to 2007. She then went on to be the shadow secretary of state for transport from 2007 to 2010. [4]
After university, Villiers worked as a barrister and as a lecturer in law at Kings College, London. [4]
Special advisers and aides
Notes
- ↑ Juliette Jowit, Shiv Malik and Haroon Siddique, Cabinet reshuffle: who has moved so far?, guardian.co.uk, 4 September 2012.
- ↑ Full list of new cabinet ministers and other government appointments, guardian.co.uk, 13 May 2010.
- ↑ Theresa Villiers Express, accessed 19 May 2015
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Theresa Villiers GOV.UK, accessed 30 October 2014
