Members Of Parliament in Hendon - Times Series

MPs: Matthew Offord MP; Andrew Dismore AM; Marina Yannakoudakis MEP;

Hendon (House of Commons)

Mr Matthew Offord MP (Conservative)

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MP Since - 2010 Majority - 106 Born - 03/09/1969. Married (Claire).
Education - Amery Hill School. Nottingham Trent University.

Previous Occupation - Worked for the BBC as a Political Analyst.

Personal Overview - His political experience includes having been a local Councillor in the Hendon area as well as having been a party agent in a number of campaigns across the country. Within the Council he held several senior positions including Deputy Council Leader and was also the Cabinet Member for Environment and Transport.

Political History - Chairman of the Hendon Conservative Association (2004). Councillor, London Borough Barnet (2002-10), former Chairman of the Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee. General Election candidate for Barnsley East and Mexborough in South Yorkshire (2001). Conservative Election Agent for Hendon (2005). MP Hendon (2010-). Member of the Environmental Audit Select Committee (2012-).

Characteristics - Has been a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, in 2005 he undertook a 2,000 km exploration of the Libyan Desert. He is a keen sailor, having taken part in the Round the Island race off the Isle of Wight for many years as a part of the Welsh Harp's Seahorse Sailing Club. He has also scuba dived in many parts of the world including, several Mediterranean countries, the Caribbean, the Maldives, in the English Channel, off the coast of Cornwall and various quarries and lakes in Lancashire and Cumbria. He has also travelled extensively around the countries of the EU.

Business Tel: 020 7219 3000

Email: matthew.offord.mp@parliament.uk

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Interests: Health,Local Government

Commitee membership

• Environmental Audit Committee (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary Group against Antisemitism (Treasurer)
• All-Party Parliamentary Crossrail Group (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary Group for Democracy in Bahrain (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary Game and Wildlife Conservation Group (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Prevention of Genocide and Crimes against Humanity (Vice Chairman)
• All-Party Parliamentary London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Group (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary Sailing and Marine Leisure Group (Member)
• Thameslink Route Group (Chairman)
• All-Party Parliamentary Group for Young Disabled People (Member)
• British-Cyprus Group (Member)
• All-Party Britain-Israel Parliamentary Group (Secretary)
• All-Party British-Maldives Parliamentary Group (Member)

Barnet and Camden (Greater London Authority)

Mr Andrew Dismore AM (Labour)

GLA Member Since - 2012 Majority - 21,299 Born - 02/09/1954 Single.
Education - Bridlington Grammar School, Warwick University (LLB 1975), London School of Economics (LLM 1976), Guildford College of Law.
Previous Occupation - Solicitor. Education Department, GMWU (1976-78), Robert Thomson & Partners (1978-95), Russell Jones & Walker (1995-97). Consultancy basis as a Co-ordinator of the Access to justice Action Group (2010-12).
Personal Overview - Entered the London Assembly in 2012 winning this seat from the Conservatives after having lost his Westminster seat in 2010 by only 106 votes. He comes from a legal background, specialising in representing injured workers (and their Trade Unions). Prior to entering the London Assembly he also campaigned for the rights of ordinary people to obtain legal redress in the courts as a Co-ordinator of the Access to justice Action Group. He has leadership experience in Local Government (previously Labour Group Leader on Westminster City Council). He has been a member of Action for Southern Africa, the Co-operative Party and the Society of Labour Lawyers. His legal experience also gives him an interest, and probably a certain amount of expertise in civil justice issues. Demonstrated an interest in Jewish affairs in the Westminster Parliament, making a call for legislation to allow for easier remarriage for Jewish women. He also focussed on the campaign to rebuild Edgware Hospital which was completed in 2005. As Chairman of the Joint Committee on Human Rights he was involved in producing reports on the role of business and human rights in the developing world and on the issue of a Bill of Rights for the UK.
Political History - Cllr Westminster City Council (1982-97). Labour Group Leader (1990-97). MP Hendon (1997-2010). Member of the Accommodation & Works Select Committee (1997-99), member of the Social Security Select Committee (1999-2001), Standards & Privileges Select Committee (2001-10), Work & Pensions Select Committee (2001-05). Chairman of the Joint Committee on Human Rights (2005-10), member of the Liaison Select Committee (2005-10). GLA Member Barnet & Camden (2012-).
Other Information - Voluntary Chair of Trustees, Council of British Archaeology, London. Has been a GMB Member. Also has held membership of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers and the Labour Friends of Israel. Has written articles for a number of legal journals. Speaks conversational French (A-level) and Greek (Institute of Linguists, Grade 1). Has interests in Greek History and Culture as well as general historical research.
All Party Groups - N/a.

Business Tel: 020 7983 4000

Email: andrew.dismore@london.gov.uk

Interests: Health & Safety,Law & Order,Education & Training,Human Rights,Local Government

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: Business & Finance,Small Business,Local Government

Commitee membership

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

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