Mark Christopher Field (born October 6, 1964), is British Conservative Party politician and Member of Parliament for the Cities of London and Westminster. Events 105 BC - Battle of Arausio: The Cimbri inflict the heaviest defeat on the Roman army of Gnaeus Mallius Maximus Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located The Conservative Party (officially the Conservative and Unionist Party) is a Political party in the United Kingdom. A politician (from Greek " Polis " is an individual who is involved in influencing public decision making through the influence of Politics or a person A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a Parliament. Cities of London and Westminster is a Constituency covering the area comprising the City of London and southern portion of the City of Westminster in
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Early life and education
Field was born at the British Medical Hospital in Hanover, Germany, the son of a British Army officer father and German mother, was educated at the Reading School before attending St Edmund Hall, Oxford where he obtained a Master's degree in law in 1987 and was chairman of the Oxford University Conservative Association 1985-86. Hanover (i ( haˈnoːfɐ on the river Leine, is the capital of the federal state of Lower Saxony ( Niedersachsen Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. The British Army is the land armed forces branch of the British Armed Forces. Reading School is a Grammar school in the town of Reading, Berkshire, England. St Edmund Hall is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. Law is a system of rules enforced through a set of Institutions used as an instrument to underpin civil obedience politics economics and society The University of Oxford (informally "Oxford University" or simply "Oxford" located in the city of Oxford, Oxfordshire, England is the He finished his education at The College of Law in Chester where he qualified as a solicitor in 1988. The College of Law of England and Wales (CoL is a private educational institution in England which provides Legal education for students and professionals Chester is the County town of Cheshire, England. Lying on the River Dee, close to the border with Wales, it is home to 77040 A "solicitor" is a term used in many Common law jurisdictions for a lawyer who offers legal services outside of the courts
Career before parliament
In 1984 he became a personal assistant to the MP for Oxford West and Abingdon, John Patten, before working as a solicitor with Freshfields in 1990. Oxford West and Abingdon is a County constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. John Haggitt Charles Patten Baron Patten, PC (born July 17, 1945) was a Conservative party Member of Parliament in the British Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP (often simply referred to as Freshfields) is a large international Law firm providing business law advice throughout Europe He was a director of his own employment agency, Kellyfield Consulting between 1994 and 2001, when on election to parliament he sold his share of the business to a consortium led by his former business partner. A consortium is an association of two or more individuals companies organizations or governments (or any combination of these entities with the objective of participating
He became the vice chairman of the Islington North Conservative Association for two years from 1989, and was elected as a councillor in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in 1994 before standing down after his election to the House of Commons in 2002. Islington North is a Constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea ( (often abbreviated to RBKC) is a London borough in the west side of Central London. The House of Commons' is the Lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the Sovereign and the House of Lords He contested the Conservative held seat of Enfield North at the 1997 general election following the retirement of the sitting MP Tim Eggar. Enfield North is a Constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Results The election was fought under new boundaries with a net increase of eight seats compared to the 1992 election Timothy John Crommelin Eggar (born 19 December, 1951) is a former British Conservative politician However, 1997 was not a good year for the British Conservatives and he was defeated at the election by Labour's Joan Ryan by some 6,822 votes. The Labour Party is a Political party in the United Kingdom. Founded at the start of the 20th century it has been since the 1920s the principal party of the Joan Marie Ryan (born 8 September 1955, Warrington) is a politician in the United Kingdom.
Parliamentary career
In December 1999 he was selected to contest the safe Conservative seat of the Cities of London and Westminster following the retirement of the former Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Peter Brooke at the 2001 general election. The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland is the chief minister in the Government of the United Kingdom with responsibilities for Northern Ireland Peter Leonard Brooke Baron Brooke of Sutton Mandeville, CH, PC (born 3 March 1934 is a British politician a former Conservative Results |} Total votes cast 26368204 All parties with more than 500 votes shown Field was successful at the election and won the seat with a majority of 4,499 and has remained the MP there since. His constituency takes in most of the famous sites of London and is very much the heart of the country, the seat includes St Paul's Cathedral, Westminster Abbey, the Bank of England, Buckingham Palace, Piccadilly Circus, Trafalgar Square, Whitehall and the Houses of Parliament. St Paul's Cathedral, is the Anglican Cathedral on Ludgate Hill, in the City of London, and the seat of the Bishop of London. The Collegiate Church of St Peter at Westminster, which is almost always referred to by its original name of Westminster Abbey, is a large mainly Gothic church The Bank of England (formally the Governor and Company of the Bank of England) is a state-owned institution and the Central bank of the United Kingdom Buckingham Palace is the official London residence of the British monarch. Piccadilly Circus is a famous road junction and public space of London 's West End in the City of Westminster,built in 1819 to connect Regent Trafalgar Square is a square in central London, England. With its position in the heart of London it is a tourist attraction its trademark is Nelson's Whitehall is a road in Westminster in London, England. It is the main artery running north from Parliament Square, towards traditional
He made his maiden speech on June 27, 2001, in which he announced his great political hero was the former prime minister Andrew Bonar Law. A maiden speech is the first speech given by a newly- elected members of a Legislature or Parliament. Events 1358 - Republic of Dubrovnik is founded 1709 - Peter the Great defeats Charles XII of Sweden Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the political leader of the United Kingdom Andrew Bonar Law (16 September 1858 &ndash 30 October 1923 was a Canadian -born British Conservative Party statesman and Prime Minister. [1]
In parliament, Mark Field was a member of the Lord Chancellor's Department and the renamed Constitutional Affairs Select Committee for a year from 2003. The Lord Chancellor's Department was a United Kingdom government department with jurisdiction in England and Wales The Department for Constitutional Affairs (DCA was a United Kingdom government department. See also Committee A Select Committee is a committee made up of a small number of parliamentary members appointed to deal with particular areas or issues He was made an Opposition Whip by Iain Duncan Smith in 2003, becoming the Shadow Minister for London later that year. Whip is a role in party-based politics whose primary purpose is to ensure control of the formal decision-making process in a parliamentary legislature George Iain Duncan Smith, PC, MP, (born 9 April 1954 is a British politician Between May and December 2005 he was Shadow Financial Secretary to the Treasury. For the US government securities see Treasury security. Also see Treasury management. He became a spokesman on Culture, Media and Sport under the new leadership of David Cameron in 2005. The Department for Culture Media and Sport ( DCMS) is a department of the United Kingdom government, with responsibility for culture and sport David William Donald Cameron (born 9 October 1966 is a British Politician and the current leader of the Conservative Party and Leader of Her Majesty's
He is opposed to the scheme of congestion charging introduced by the Mayor of London Ken Livingstone. The London congestion charge is a fee for some motorists travelling within those parts of London designated as the Congestion Charge Zone (CCZ The Mayor of London is an elected politician who along with the London Assembly of 25 members is accountable for the strategic government of Greater London (see Kenneth Robert Livingstone (born 17 June 1945 is a British Socialist Politician.
Personal life
He is married to celebrity agent, Victoria Elphicke, with whom he lives in Westminster and Mallorca. Their first son, Frederick William Crispian Field, was born on 19 December 2007. Field's first marriage to Michele Acton, a former director of Hong Kong Shanghai Investment Bank ended in divorce in 2006 subsequent to revelations of Fields' adultery with Conservative Party candidate Elizabeth Truss. Adultery is the voluntary Sexual intercourse between a married person and another person who is not his or her Spouse, though in many places it is The Conservative Party (officially the Conservative and Unionist Party) is a Political party in the United Kingdom. The couple had no children. He takes an interest in Parkinson's Disease, and has been a keen supporter of Bury F.C. since boyhood. Parkinson's disease (also known as Parkinson disease or PD) is a degenerative disorder of the Central nervous system that often impairs the sufferer's Bury Football Club is an English association football team based in Bury, Greater Manchester.
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Member of Parliament for the Cities of London and Westminster 2001 – present |
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External links
- Field's official site
- ePolitix.com - Mark Field MP
- Guardian Unlimited Politics - Ask Aristotle: Mark Field MP
- TheyWorkForYou.com - Mark Field MP
- The Public Whip - Mark Field MP voting record
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