Contact details
Westminster
House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Tel: 020 7219 8238
Fax: 020 7219 1977
charles.hendry.mp@parliament.uk
Constituency
Wealden Conservative Association, The Granary, Bales Green Farm, Arlington, BN27 6SH
Tel: 01323 489289
Fax: 01323 484847
peter@eandwconservatives.com
wealdenconservatives.com
Biography
Electoral history
Contested Clackmannan 1983 and Mansfield 1987 general elections. Member for High Peak 1992-97. Contested High Peak 1997 general election. Member for Wealden 2001-10, for Wealden (revised boundary) since 6 May 2010 general election
Parliamentary career
PPS to:
William Hague and Lord Mackay of Ardbrecknish as Ministers of State, Department of Social Security 1994-95,
Gillian Shephard as Secretary of State for Education and Employment 1995;
Opposition Whip 2001-02;
Shadow Minister for:
Young People 2002-05,
Higher Education 2005,
Trade and Industry/Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform 2005-08 (Energy, Science and Technology 2006-07, Energy, Industry and Postal Affairs 2007-08),
Energy 2008-10;
Minister of State, Department of Energy and Climate Change 2010-12
Party groups
President, Edinburgh University Conservative Association 1979-80;
Vice-chair:
Scottish Federation of Conservative Students 1980-81,
Battersea Conservative Association 1981-83,
Conservative Party 1995-97;
Chief of staff to Leader of Opposition 1997;
Head of business liaison, Conservative Party 1997-99;
Deputy chair, Conservative Party 2003-05;
Patron, Tory Reform Group
Select committees
Member: Procedure 1992-95,
European Standing Committee B 1992-95,
Northern Ireland Affairs 1994-97,
Culture, Media and Sport 2003-04,
Energy and Climate Change 2009-10
Political interests
Trade and industry, youth policy, training, urban regeneration, social affairs, housing, homelessness, rural affairs, agriculture
Countries of interest
Europe, Russia, Southern Africa, USA
General Election 2010 - Wealden
| Name |
Party |
Votes |
% |
| Hendry, Charles |
Con |
31090 |
56.49% |
| Bowers, Chris |
Lib Dem |
13911 |
25.28% |
| Blackmore, Lorna |
Lab |
5266 |
9.57% |
| Docker, Dan |
UKIP |
3319 |
6.04% |
| Jonas, David |
Green |
1383 |
2.52% |
| Result |
Con Hold (2.77% from Lib Dem to Con) |