Rt Hon David Willetts

David Willetts

Constituency

Havant

Party

Conservative

Address as

Mr Willetts

Contact details

Westminster

House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Tel: 020 7219 4570
Fax: 020 7219 2567
willettsd@parliament.uk

Constituency

c/o Havant Conservative Association, 19 South Street, Havant, PO9 1BU
Tel: 02392 499746
Fax: 02392 498753
david@davidwilletts.co.uk

Biography

Electoral history

Member for Havant 1992-2010, for Havant (revised boundary) since 6 May 2010 general election

Parliamentary career

PPS to Sir Norman Fowler as Chairman of Conservative Party 1993-94; Assistant Government Whip 1994-95; Government Whip July-November 1995; Parliamentary Secretary, Office of Public Service 1995-96; Paymaster General, Office of Public Service July-December 1996; Opposition Spokesman for Employment 1997-98; Shadow Secretary of State for: Education and Employment 1998-99, Social Security 1999-2001, Work and Pensions 2001-05, and Welfare Reform 2004-05, Trade and Industry 2005, Education and Skills/Innovation, Universities and Skills 2005-09; Shadow Minister for Universities and Skills 2009-10; Minister of State for Universities and Science, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills 2010-

Party groups

Chair, Conservative Research Department 1997; Member, Conservative Policy Board 2001-; Head of policy co-ordination, Conservative Party 2003-04

Select committees

Member: Social Security 1992-93

Councils, public bodies

Member: Lambeth and Lewisham Family Practitioners' Committee 1987-90, Parkside Health Authority 1988-90, Social Security Advisory Committee 1989-92

International bodies

Member, Competitiveness Council, Council of the European Union 2010-

Political interests

Economic policy, health, social security, education

Countries of interest

Germany, USA

General Election 2010 - Havant

Name Party Votes %
Willetts, David Con 22433 50.95%
Payton, Alex Lib Dem 10273 23.33%
Smith, Rob Lab 7777 17.66%
Keiran, Gary UKIP 2611 5.93%
Addams, Fungus Eng Dem 809 1.84%
Result Con Hold (1.75% from Lib Dem to Con)