Contact details
Westminster
House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Tel: 020 7219 5214
Fax: 020 7219 5600
alan.haselhurst.mp@parliament.uk
Constituency
The Old Armoury, Saffron Walden, CB10 1JN
Tel: 01799 506349
Fax: 01799 506047
office@saffronwaldenconservatives.org.uk
Biography
Electoral history
Member for Middleton and Prestwich 1970-February 1974. Contested Middleton and Prestwich February 1974 general election. Member for Saffron Walden 7 July 1977 by-election to 2010, for Saffron Walden (revised boundary) since 6 May 2010 general election
Parliamentary career
PPS to Mark Carlisle as Secretary of State, Education and Science 1979-81;
Chairman Ways and Means and Deputy Speaker 1997-2010;
Contested Speaker elections 2000, 2009
Party groups
President, Oxford University Conservative Association 1958;
National Chair, Young Conservative Movement 1966-68;
Deputy Chair, Conservative Group for Europe 1982-85
Select committees
Ex-officio chair: Chairmen's Panel 1997-2010;
Ex-officio member:
Court of Referees 1997-2010,
Standing Orders 1998-2010,
Unopposed Bills (Panel) 2000-10;
Member: Finance and Services 2008-,
Liaison 2010-,
Ecclesiastical Committee 2010-;
Chair: Administration 2010-;
Member: Works of Art 2011-
International bodies
Chair, Commonwealth Youth Exchange Council 1978-81;
Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, Chair:
UK branch 2010-,
International Executive Committee 2011-
Political interests
Education, aerospace, aviation, youth affairs, European Union, agriculture, community development
Countries of interest
Commonwealth countries, USA
General Election 2010 - Saffron Walden
| Name |
Party |
Votes |
% |
| Haselhurst, Alan |
Con |
30155 |
55.34% |
| Wilcock, Peter |
Lib Dem |
14913 |
27.37% |
| Light, Barbara |
Lab |
5288 |
9.71% |
| Lord, Roger |
UKIP |
2288 |
4.2% |
| Mitchell, Christine |
BNP |
1050 |
1.93% |
| Hossain, Reza |
Green |
735 |
1.35% |
| Result |
Con Hold (3.36% from Lib Dem to Con) |