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Contact details

Westminster

House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Tel: 020 7219 4513
Fax: 020 7219 6045
joan.ruddock.mp@parliament.uk

Constituency

No constituency office publicised
Tel: 020 8691 5992, 020 8691 1400 (Casework)
Fax: 020 8691 8242

Biography

Electoral history

Contested Newbury 1979 general election. Member for Lewisham Deptford 1987-2010, for Lewisham Deptford (revised boundary) since 6 May 2010 general election

Parliamentary career

Private Member’s Bill on flytipping – Control of Pollution Act (amendment) 1989; Opposition Spokesperson for: Transport 1989-92, Home Affairs 1992-94, Environmental Protection 1994-97; Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Women 1997-98; Promoted: Ten-Minute Rule Bill 1999, Prophylactic Mastectomy Registry Presentation Bill 1999, Organic Food and Farming Targets Bill 1999, Ten-Minute Rule Bill 2000, Sex Discrimination (Amendment) No. 2, Ten-Minute Rule Bill 2002, Waste Bill, Private Member’s Bill – Municipal Waste, Recycling Bill 2003, (Household Waste Recycling Act 2003); Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 2007-08, Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) 2008-09; Minister of State, DECC 2009-10; Shadow Minister for Energy and Climate Change 2010

Select committees

Member: Modernisation of the House of Commons 2001-05, Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 2003-05, International Development 2005-07

International bodies

Member, British Delegation to Council of Europe and Western European Union 1988-89; Inter-Parliamentary Union 2001-

Political interests

Environment, Women, Foreign Affairs

Countries of interest

Afghanistan, Palestine

Contact details

Westminster

House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Tel: 020 7219 8475, 020 7219 8499
Fax: 020 7219 1960
rosindella@parliament.uk

Constituency

“Margaret Thatcher House”, 85 Western Road, Romford, RM1 3LS
Tel: 01708 766700
Fax: 01708 707163
andrew@rosindell.com

Biography

Electoral history

Contested Glasgow Provan 1992 and Thurrock 1997 general elections. Member for Romford 2001-10, for Romford (revised boundary) since 6 May 2010 general election

Parliamentary career

Opposition Whip 2005-07; Shadow Minister for Home Affairs (Animal Welfare) 2007-10

Party groups

Member, National Union Executive Committee, Conservative Party 1986-88, 1992-94; Chair: Greater London Young Conservatives 1987-88, National Young Conservatives 1993-94; International secretary, Young Conservatives United Kingdom 1991-98; Chair: Romford Conservative Association 1998-2001, Conservative Friends of Gibraltar 2002-; Member, Conservative Christian Fellowship; Vice-chair (campaigning), Conservative Party 2004-05; Chair, Conservative Friends of Australia and New Zealand 2010-

Select committees

Member: Regulatory Reform 2001-05, Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments 2002-03, Constitutional Affairs 2004-05, Foreign Affairs 2010-, Panel of Chairs 2010-

Councils, public bodies

London Borough of Havering: Councillor 1990-2002, Alderman 2007-; Chair, North Romford Community Area Forum 1998-2002

International bodies

Chair, European Young Conservatives 1993-97; Executive member, International Democrat Union 1994-2002, Chair, International Young Democrat Union 1998-2002

Political interests

Foreign and international relations, European affairs, law and order, defence, local and regional government, animal welfare

Countries of interest

Australia, Canada, Crown Dependencies, Eastern Europe, Gibraltar, Gulf States, New Zealand, Nordic countries, UK Overseas Territories, USA

Contact details

Westminster

House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Tel: 020 7219 6256
Fax: 020 7219 6567
simon@simonhughes.org.uk

Constituency

4 Market Place, London, SE16 3UQ
Tel: 020 7232 2557
simon@simonhughes.org.uk

Biography

Electoral history

Member (Liberal 1983-88, Liberal Democrat since 1988) for Southwark and Bermondsey February 1983 by-election to 1997, for North Southwark and Bermondsey 1997-2010, for Bermondsey and Old Southwalk since 6 May 2010 general election

Parliamentary career

Liberal Spokesperson for the Environment 1983-88; Liberal Democrat: Spokesperson for: Health 1988, London 1988-97, Deputy Chief Whip 1989-99; Spokesperson for: Education, Science and Training 1988-92, Church of England 1988-97, Environment and Natural Resources 1992-94, Urban Affairs and Young People 1994-97, Health 1995-99, Home and Legal Affairs 1999-2003, London 2003-04; Shadow: Office of the Deputy Prime Minister 2005, Attorney General 2005-07, Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs/Justice 2006-07, Leader of the House of Commons 2007-09, Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change 2009-10

Party groups

Chair, Liberal Party’s Home Affairs Panel 1977-83; President, National League of Young Liberals 1986-92; Liberal Democrat Youth and Students: Vice-President 1983-86, President 1992-; Vice-chair, Southwark and Bermondsey Liberal Association 1981-83; President, Liberal Democrats 2004-08; Contested Liberal Democrat leadership 1999, 2006; Deputy Leader, Liberal Democrats 2010-

Select committees

Member: Accommodation and Works 1992-97, Joint Committee on Conventions 2006, Modernisation of the House of Commons 2007-10, Ecclesiastical Committee 2010-

Councils, public bodies

Lib Dem London mayoral candidate 2004

International bodies

Trainee, EEC, Brussels 1976; Trainee and member, Secretariat, Directorate and Commission on Human Rights, Council of Europe, Strasbourg 1976-77

Political interests

Human rights, civil liberties, youth affairs, social affairs, housing, environment

Countries of interest

Commonwealth, southern Africa, west Africa, latin America, eastern Europe, Cyprus, South Africa

Contact details

Westminster

House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Tel: 020 7219 1053
Fax: 020 7219 4854
nick.hurd.mp@parliament.uk

Constituency

32 High Street, Northwood, HA6 1BN
Tel: 01923 822876
Fax: 01923 841514
annrnca@aol.com

Biography

Electoral history

Member for Ruislip Northwood 2005-10, for Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner since 6 May 2010 general election

Parliamentary career

Opposition Whip 2007-08; Sponsored Sustainable Communities Act 2007; Shadow Minister for Charities[, Social Enterprise and Volunteering] 2008-10; Parliamentary Secretary (Minister for Civil Society), Cabinet Office 2010-

Select committees

Member: Environmental Audit 2005-10, Joint Committee on the Draft Climate Change Bill 2007

Councils, public bodies

Governor, Coteford Junior School

Political interests

Environment, community, penal reform, health

Countries of interest

Brazil, China

Contact details

Westminster

House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Tel: 020 7219 5325
Fax: 020 7219 8768
meghilliermp@parliament.uk

Constituency

No constituency office

Biography

Electoral history

Member for Hackney South and Shoreditch 2005-10, for Hackney South and Shoreditch (revised boundary) since 6 May 2010 general election

Parliamentary career

PPS to Ruth Kelly as Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 2006-07; Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Identity), Home Office 2007-10; Shadow Minister for Home Office 2010; Shadow Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change 2010-

Party groups

Member, Co-operative Party; Chair, parliamentary group, Co-operative Party 2010-

Select committees

Member: Northern Ireland Affairs 2005-06

Councils, public bodies

London Borough of Islington: Councillor 1994-2002, Chair, Neighbourhood Services Committee 1995-97, Mayor 1998-99; Member, Greater London Assembly (for North East London) 2000-04; Board member, Transport for London 2004-05

Countries of interest

West and East Africa, Ghana, Nigeria, Turkey

Contact details

Westminster

House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Tel: 020 7219 6666
hodgem@parliament.uk

Constituency

102 North Street, Barking, IG11 8LA
Tel: 020 8594 1333
Fax: 020 8594 1131
margarethodge@hotmail.co.uk

Biography

Electoral history

Member for Barking 1994-2010, for Barking (revised boundary) since 6 May 2010 general election

Parliamentary career

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Education and Employment (Employment and Equal Opportunities) 1998-2001; Minister of State: Department for Education and Skills 2001-05: (Lifelong Learning and Higher Education 2001-03, Lifelong Learning, Further and Higher Education 2003, Children, Young People and Families 2003-05), Department for Work and Pensions (Employment and Welfare Reform) 2005-06, Department of Trade and Industry (Industry and the Regions) 2006-07, Department for Culture, Media and Sport 2007-08, 2009-10 (Culture, Creative Industries and Tourism 2007-08, Culture and Tourism 2009-10); Shadow Minister for Culture, Media and Sport 2010; Member Public Accounts Commission 2010-

Party groups

Member, Labour Party Local Government Committee 1983-92; Chair: London Group of Labour MPs 1995-98, Fabians 1997-98

Select committees

Member: Education and Employment 1996-97, Deregulation 1996-97, Liaison 1997-98, 2010-, Chair: Education and Employment (Education Sub-Committee) 1997-98, (Education): Education and Employment 1997-98; Joint chair: Education and Employment 1997-98; Chair (Education): Education and Employment (Education Sub-Committee) 1997-98; Member: Education and Employment (Employment Sub-Committee) 1997-98; Chair: Public Accounts 2010-

Councils, public bodies

London Borough of Islington: Councillor 1973-94, Chair, Housing Committee 1975-79, Leader 1982-92; Chair, Association of London Authorities 1984-92; Member, Home Office Advisory Committee on Race Relations 1988-92

Political interests

Education, local and regional government, housing, inner cities, democratic reform, London government