Members Of Parliament in Croydon - Croydon Guardian

MPs: Gavin Barwell MP; Steve Reed MP; Richard Ottaway MP; Marina Yannakoudakis MEP;

Croydon Central (House of Commons)

Mr Gavin Barwell MP (Conservative)

Surgery: Holds regular advice surgeries at:

The Town Hall (Croydon town centre) , Katharine Street , Croydon

133 Wickham Road
Shirley
Croydon
CR0 8TE

Surgery Tel: 020 8663 8741
020 7219 2119

MP Since - 2010 Majority - 2,969 Born - 1972. Married (Karen), 2 sons.
Education - Independent Trinity School of John Whitgift. Trinity College, Cambridge (former President of the Cambridge Union).

Previous Occupation - Chief Operating Officer of the Conservative Party (2003-06). Has his own consultancy business.

Personal Overview - A local man with experience as a Councillor, he held this boundary altered seat for the Conservatives in 2010. Politically, his main interests cover health and crime, it is notable that the NHS saved his life as a child when seriously ill. He also has experience at the centre of Conservative politics, as a former Party Chief Operating Officer and has also been associated with the party's approach of targeting key seats used at the 2010 General Election under the auspices of Lord Ashcroft. He was also a Special Advisor on Local Government, Housing and Urban Regeneration to John Gummer MP (as Secretary of State for the Environment) prior to the 1997 General Election. Became a PPS to Michael Gove at the 2012 Government reshuffle.

Political History - Councillor, London Borough of Croydon (2000-2010), has held the Resources and Customer Services and Community Safety & Cohesion Portfolios. MP Croydon Central (2010-). Member of the Science and Technology Select Committee (2010-12). PPS to Rt Hon. Michael Gove, Secretary of State for Education (2012-).

Characteristics - Has been Chairman of the Governors at Trinity School and member of the Court of Governors of the Whitgift Foundation. Is well travelled, particularly in Europe, North America and Southern Africa.

Business Tel: 020 7219 2119

Email: gavin.barwell.mp@parliament.uk

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Interests: Law & Order,Health,Local Government

Commitee membership

• All-Party Parliamentary Group on Choice at the End of Life (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary Group on Dementia (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary Literacy Group (Chairman)
• All-Party Parliamentary Group on Migration (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Packaging Manufacturing Industry (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary Group on Policing (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary Group on Race and Community (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary Group on Refugees (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary Group for Tamils (Member)
• Thameslink Route Group (Member)
• British-Lithuania Group (Member)

Croydon North (House of Commons)

Mr Steve Reed MP (Labour)

MP Since - 2012 (by-election) Majority - 11,761 Born - 12/11/1963.
Education - N/a.

Previous Occupation - Academic and Professional Publishing. Lambeth Council Leader (2006-12).

Personal Overview - Held this seat for Labour at the November 2012 by-election caused by the death of Malcolm Wicks MP. He had a selection battle with London Assembly member Val Shawcross to become Labour's candidate, narrowly defeating her in a very close contest. He has leadership experience at Lambeth Council where he was responsible for generating its 'Cooperative Council' agenda (a network of Labour Councils that are implementing co-operative policies and ways of providing services, which give communities power and a real say over the ways they are run). Locally this has involved opening a new Library and a number of schools as well as building several Leisure Centres. He also has experience of regeneration/employment issues having led the 'Vauxhall Nine Elms Battersea regeneration project' and has focussed on job creation within the Croydon area. He appears to be a strong candidate for future preferment to a shadow ministerial post.

Political History - Councillor, Lambeth Council (2000-2013), Council Leader (2006-12). Member for Croydon North (2012-). Member of the Public Administration Select Committee (2012-).

Characteristics - Has been Deputy Leader of Labour Local Government (2010-) and has Chaired Central London Forward, a strategy group representing seven central London local authorities. Has been a Board Member for Children's Services and Education at London Councils. Former Chair of Lambeth First Board (LSP).

Business Tel: 0207 219 3000

Email: steve.reed.mp@parliament.uk

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Interests: Economic Regeneration,Health & Safety,Employment,Local Government

Commitee membership

• Public Administration Committee (Member)

Croydon South (House of Commons)

Mr Richard Ottaway MP (Conservative)

Surgery: 36 Brighton Road
Purley
Surrey
CR8 2LG

Surgery Tel: 020 7219 1590

MP Since - 1992 Majority - 15,818 Born - 24/05/1945, Married.
Education - Backwell School, Somerset, Bristol University and the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth.
Previous Occupation - Royal Navy Officer (1961-70); Solicitor, specialising in international, maritime and commercial law. Partner in William A. Crump & Son (1981-87); Director, Coastal States Petroleum (UK) Ltd (1988-95).
Personal Overview - Has Royal Naval experience, as well as a legal career. He is now well into his second parliamentary spell, after losing his initial seat in 1987. After several years as a PPS to Michael Heseltine, he was made a Government Whip before the 1997 election and advanced to become an Opposition Spokesman in the 1997 Parliament, before being removed in 2001. His career was thought likely to remain on the back benches, but he made a brief reappearance on the opposition front bench after a break of several years with his appointment shadowing Environment in 2004. Returned to the Back benches and was rewarded by becoming a Foreign Affairs Select Committee Chair in 2010. Announced in October 2012 that he would be standing down at the next General Election.

Political History - MP Nottingham North (1983-87). MP Croydon South (1992-), Vice Chair, 1922 Committee. PPS to Ministers of State at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office (1985-87), PPS to Michael Heseltine (1992-95), Government Whip (1995-97), Member of the Procedure Select Committee (1996-97), Member of the Standards & Privileges Select Committee (2001-04). Opposition Whip (1997), Opposition Spokesman, Local Government & London (1997-1999), Opposition Defence Spokesman (1999-2000). Opposition Treasury Spokesman (2000-01). Member of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee (2003-04), Defence Select Committee (2004-05). Shadow Secretary of State for Environment (2004-05). Member of the Conservative Party Board (2006-). Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee (2010-). Member of the Liaison Select Committee (2010-).
Characteristics - Career is now likely to be confined to back bench committee memberships.

Business Tel: 020 7219 6392

Email: ottawayr@parliament.uk

Interests: Small Business,Defence,General Trade & Industry,World Population,Energy

Commitee membership

• Foreign Affairs Committee (Chairman)
• Liaison Committee (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary Group for State Boarding Schools (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary Group on Choice at the End of Life (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary Football Group (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary ITV Group (Treasurer)
• All-Party Parliamentary Jazz Appreciation Group (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary Middle Way Group (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary Group on Nuclear Energy (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Group (Chairman)
• All-Party Parliamentary Group on Overseas Development (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary Group on Population, Development and Reproductive Health (Vice Chairman)
• All-Party Parliamentary Sailing and Marine Leisure Group (Vice Chairman)
• All-Party Parliamentary Group for Social Science and Policy (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary Group for Specialist Security (Member)
• Thameslink Route Group (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary Group on Transatlantic and International Security (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary Group on Morocco (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary Britain-Nepal Group (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary British-Qatar Group (Member)
• UK-Singapore Group (Treasurer)

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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