- Henry Bellingham
Infobox MP
honorific-prefix =
name = Henry Bellingham
honorific-suffix = MP
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constituency_MP = North West Norfolk
parliament =
term_start =7 June 2001
term_end =
majority = 9,180 (18.1%)
predecessor = George Turner
successor =
parliament2 =
term_start2 =9 June 1983
term_end2 =1 May 1997
majority2 =
predecessor2 =Christopher Brocklebank-Fowler
successor2 = George Turner
birth_date = Birth date and age|1955|03|29|df=yes
birth_place =Cheltenham
death_date =
death_place =
nationality = British
spouse = Emma Whiteley
party = Conservative
relations =
children =
residence =
alma_mater =Magdalene College, Cambridge
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footnotes =Henry Campbell Bellingham (born
29 March 1955 , Cheltenham) is an English politician andbarrister . He isMember of Parliament (MP) for North West Norfolk, and a member of the Conservative Party.Early life
He attended Eton and then
Magdelene College, Cambridge where he gained a degree in law in 1977 - taking a short service commission in the Guards for a year between school and university. He trained at theInns of Court School of Law , and joined theMiddle Temple in 1978 and practised as abarrister for eight years.Parliamentary career
Bellingham first entered Parliament at the 1983 election, but lost his seat at the 1997 election. Nonetheless, he contested same seat at the election in 2001, and won it back. He was re-elected in 2005 with a 9000 vote majority.
Henry Bellingham was appointed as a
Shadow Minister for Trade and Industry in July 2002, before becoming an Opposition Whip in May 2005. Since November 2006 he has been a Shadow Minister for the Department of Constitutional Affairs.Business Interests
He is a Director of [http://www.longboroughcapital.net Longborough Capital] of
Witney , [http://www.epteurope.com Environmental Polymer Technologies] ofShaftesbury , and [http://www.arcfundmanagement.com Arc Fund Management] .Personal life
He lives in his constituency, in the village of
Burnham Market . He married Emma Whiteley in August 1993 inHorsham , and they have a son.ee also
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Bellingham Baronets External links
* [http://politics.guardian.co.uk/person/0,9290,-350,00.html Guardian Unlimited Politics - Ask Aristotle: Henry Bellingham MP]
* [http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/henry_bellingham/north_west_norfolk TheyWorkForYou.com - Henry Bellingham MP]
* [http://www.publicwhip.org.uk/mp.php?mpn=Henry_Bellingham&mpc=North+West+Norfolk Voting record at the Public Whip]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/mpdb/html/429.stm BBC Politics page]Video clips
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9P3Jl_tI3ZY Post Office closures]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGQ2yGax8c0 Questioning Gerry Sutcliffe in the Commons in May 2006]
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