Members Of Parliament in York - York Press

MPs: Hugh Bayley MP; Andrew Brons MEP;

York Central (House of Commons)

Mr Hugh Bayley MP (Labour)

Surgery: 59 Holgate Road
York
YO2 4AA

Surgery Tel: 01904 623713

MP Since - 1992 Majority - 6,451 Born - 09/01/1952, Married, 1 son, 1 daughter.
Education - Haileybury School, Bristol University, York University.
Previous Occupation - National Officer (NALGO) (1975-82). General Secretary International Broadcasting Trust (making films on the Environment & International Development for Channel 4) (1982-86), Lecturer in Social Policy at the University of York (1986-92). Research Fellow in Health Economics (1987-92).
Personal Overview - A moderate Labour member, with University and Trade Union experience. He has interests in Health, economic policy, World Development and reform of the electoral system. As a past instigator and General Secretary of the International Broadcasting Trust, he is likely to have an interest in the media and 'Information Superhighway' issues. Had a short ministerial spell at the old DSS prior to the 2001 election and has remained on the back benches since then.
Political History - Councillor, Camden Borough Council (1980-86), Member of the York Authority (1988-90), MP York (1992-2010), MP York Central (2010-). Member Health Select Committee (1992-97). Introduced a Bill to curb Tobacco advertising. Former Chairman of the Overseas Development All Party Group, and former Joint Vice Chairman of the Parliamentary Labour Party International Development Committee (until 1999), Chairman (2001-). Chairman of Africa All-Party Parliamentary Group. PPS at the Department of Health (1997-99) (to Rt. Hon Frank Dobson MP). Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department of Social Security (1999-2001). Member of the International Development Select Committee (2001-). Member of the Chairman's Panel (2005-).
Characteristics - Particularly conscious of health issues. Member of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association and a delegate to the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe. Has a facebook account: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Hugh-Bayley/308944234703?ref=ts

Business Tel: 020 7219 6824

Email: hugh.bayley.mp@parliament.uk

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Interests: Environment,Overseas Development,Media,Health

Commitee membership

• International Development Committee (Member)
• Afghanistan (Associate Group) (Member)
• Africa Group (Chairman)
• All-Party Parliamentary Arts and Heritage Group (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary BBC Group (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary Group on the British Caribbean (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary Group on Connecting Communities (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary Group for Debt, Aid and Trade (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary Group on Electoral Reform (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary Flood Prevention Group (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary Ghana Group (Secretary)
• Historic Churches (Associate Group) (Member)
• All-Party British-Italian Parliamentary Group (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary ITV Group (Member)
• All-Party Britain-Republic of Korea Parliamentary Group (Member)
• Madagascar Group (Member)
• British-Mozambique Group (Member)
• British-Namibia Group (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary Group for Photography (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary Group on Population, Development and Reproductive Health (Member)
• Sudan (Associate Group) (Member)
• All-Party British-Swiss Parliamentary Group (Member)
• Tourism Group (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary Group on Trade out of Poverty (Member)

Yorkshire and the Humber (European Parliament)

Mr Andrew Brons MEP (BNP)

MEP Since - 2009 Born - 1947. Divorced, 2 daughters and 4 granddaughters.
Education - N/a.
Previous Occupation - Retired College Lecturer in Politics and Law (Harrogate College).

Personal Overview - Elected to the European Parliament at the 2009 elections. A long term British Nationalist, he has experience of standing for parliament several times. He is opposed to the UK's membership of the European Union, but is willing to work with people from all countries of Europe to bring the EU formally to an end. He makes a distinction between his opposition to the EU and Europe in general, stating that he is not 'anti European'.

Political History - Joined the original British Nationalist Party and National Front in 1965. General Election candidate for Harrogate (February and October 1974), Birmingham Stechford by-election (1977), General Election candidate for Bradford North (1979) and Leeds East (1983). Joined the current BNP (2006). MEP Yorkshire and the Humber Region (2009-). Member of the Delegation to the EU-Croatia Joint Parliamentary Committee (2009-). Member of the Committee on Constitutional Affairs (2009-). Substitute member of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (2009-).

Other Information - Enjoys the English countryside and walking his dogs and riding horses. Likes the radio series 'In Our Time'.

Intergroups - N/a.

Email: andrew.brons@europarl.europa.eu

Commitee membership

• Constitutional Affairs (Member)
• Civil Liberties, Justice & Home Affairs (Substitute)

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