Members Of Parliament in Barnet - Times Series

MPs: Theresa Villiers MP; Brian Coleman AM; Marina Yannakoudakis MEP;

Chipping Barnet (House of Commons)

Rt Hon. Theresa Villiers MP (Conservative)

Surgery: 163 High Street
Barnet
Hertfordshire
EN5 5SU

Surgery Tel: 020 8449 7345

MP Since - 2005, Majority 5,960, Born - 05/03/1968. Divorced.
Education - Francis Holland School, London; University of Bristol; Jesus College Oxford; Inns of Court School of Law.
Previous Occupation - Barrister, Lincoln's Inn (1994-95). Lecturer in Law, King's College London (1995-99).

Personal Overview - From a background in the legal profession, specialising in property and trusts. Politically she has been a research assistant at Westminster and has stood for election in Local Government. Her interests include the economic and financial arena as well as Information Technology issues. Gained election to the Westminster Parliament in 2005 to the safe Conservative seat of Barnet, with her talents being quickly recognised by the party leadership, moving into the Shadow Cabinet in December 2005. Entered Government in 2010 at a Minister of State level at the Department of Transport.

Political History - MEP London Region (1999-2005). Deputy leader, Conservatives in the European Parliament (2001-02). Member for Chipping Barnet (2005-). Member of the Environmental Audit Select Committee (2005-06). Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury (2005-07). Shadow Secretary of State for Transport (2007-10). Minister of State for Transport (2010-).

Characteristics - Has been a writer on legal issues. Notable that she achieved the position of being No. 1 on the Conservative's London list for the 1999 European elections.

Business Tel: 0207 219 4705

Email: theresa@theresavilliers.co.uk

Interests: Business & Finance,Constitutional,UK Economy,Information Technology,General Trade & Industry,Science & Technology,Women's Issues,General Economy,Education & Training,Health,Employment

Commitee membership

• All-Party Parliamentary Group on Connecting Communities (Member)

Barnet and Camden (Greater London Authority)

Mr Brian Coleman AM (Conservative)

GLA Member Since - 2000 Majority - 19,693 Born - 1962. Single.
Education - Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet.
Previous Occupation - General Manager for an Advertising Company.
Personal Overview - Is a local man, who has represented his area in Local Government and been involved in a number of local groupings, and will have to be locally aware in a constituency where he has a wafer thin majority. He is likely to oppose development on green field sites, and support local Grammar Schools. He is also interested in health issues, and has been a Committee member of Friends of Finchley Memorial Hospital and campaigned on the threatened removal of maternity services from Barnet General Hospital.
Political History - Councillor, Barnet BC (1998-). Former Chairman of the Finchley Friends of Israel. Deputy Chairman of Chipping Barnet Conservative Association. GLA Member Barnet & Camden (1999-). Member of the Appointments Committee (2000-). Member of the London Fire & Emergency Planning Authority (2000-02), Culture, Sport & Tourism Committee (2000-), Environment Committee (2000-04). Chairman of the Elections Review Committee (2005-08). Chairman of the Business Management and Appointments (Administration) Committee (2007-08), member (2008-). Deputy Leader of the Conservative Group on the GLA (2002-). Former Leader of the London Fire & Emergency Planning Authority, currently Chairman. Former Chairman, now Deputy Chairman of the London Assembly (2005-). Member of the Confirmation Hearings Committee (2008-). Chairman of the London Fire and Emergency Planning Committee (2008-). Member of the Business Mangement and Administration Committee (2008-10)
Other Information - Former Chairman of the Finchley Friends of Israel. Chairman of Governors at Christ Church VA Secondary School, Finchley. Governor of Ravenscroft School, Barnet. Vice President of Friern Barnet Summer Show. He is an active Methodist (Circuit Steward of the Finchley & Hendon Methodist Circuit), member of the London North West District Synod.
All Party Groups - N/a.

Business Tel: 020 7983 4366

Email: brian.coleman@london.gov.uk

Interests: Arts & Heritage,Health & Safety,Education & Training,Religious Matters,Tourism & Leisure,Local Government

Commitee membership

• Business Management and Administration Committee (Member)

London (European Parliament)

Ms Marina Yannakoudakis MEP (Conservative)

MEP Since - 2009 Born - 16/04/1956. Married, 3 children.
Education - Brunel University, BSC in Government, Politics and Modern History. Open University, MA in Education.
Previous Occupation - Financial Director of a family business (pan-European).

Personal Overview - Elected to the European Parliament from third place on the London Conservative Party list. Has been involved running a small business for over 23 years with experience negotiating in in Europe on behalf of her UK clients. She has campaigned to reduce regulation on business, reducing EU waste and fraud and on the sensible managing of migration. She also has experience raising funds for charity, as a former Chair of the Mayor of Barnet's Charity Appeal 2005/06 raising money for the mental health charity MIND.

Political History - Councillor, London Borough of Barnet. Has been Deputy Chairman of Chipping Barnet Conservative Association. MEP London Region (2009-). Membe rof the Delegation to the EU-Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Joint Parliamentary Committee (2009-). Substitute member of the Delegation for relations with Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro and Kosovo (2009-). Member of the Women's Rights and Gender Equality Committee (2009-). Member of the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety Committee (2009-).

Other Information - School Governor. She was a Chairman of the Federation of Conservative Students at Brunel University and Chairperson for Communications on it's Student Union Executive. In her spare time she plays the saxophone and produces her own sculptures which she donates to charity.
Intergroups - N/a.

Email: marina.yannakoudakis@europarl.europa.eu

Interests: Small Business,Business & Finance,Local Government

Commitee membership

• Environment, Public Health & Food Safety (Member)
• Women's Rights & Gender Equality (Member)

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