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
- Valeria Orezzi, campaign assistant in 2013. Now an account executive at Incisive Health.[5]
- Manuel Abellan San Martin - Councillor, London Borough of Sutton | Paulius Mackela | Fraser Seifert | Christian Wood | Eleanor Wood [6]
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
- Website: http://www.tombrake.co.uk
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/thomasbrake
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Rt Hon Tom Brake, UK Parliament, 10 September 2013.
- ↑ Tom Brake Express, accessed 19 May 2015
- ↑ Sunny Hundal, Excl: Libdem resigns from controversial think-tank Henry Jackson Society, Liberal Conspiracy, 5 June 2013.
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Linkedin Valeria Orezzi, accessed 25 June 2015.
- ↑ Register of interests of members' secretaries and research assistants, 23 March 2016, parliament.uk, accessed 19 April 2016
- ↑ Rail APPG,www.parliament.uk, accessed 16 November 2015
- ↑ Mens Health APPG, www.parliament.uk, accessed 19 November 2015