Lorely Burt

Lorely Burt

Constituency

Solihull

Party

Liberal Democrat

Address as

Ms Burt

Contact details

Westminster

House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Tel: 020 7219 8269
Fax: 020 7219 5199
lorely.burt.mp@parliament.uk

Constituency

81 Warwick Road, Solihull, B92 7HP
Tel: 0121-706 9593
Fax: 0121-706 9365

Biography

Electoral history

Contested Dudley South 2001 general election. Member for Solihull 2005-10, for Solihull (revised boundary) since 6 May 2010 general election

Parliamentary career

Liberal Democrat: Whip 2005-06, Shadow Minister for: Northern Ireland 2005-06, Small Business, Women and Equality 2006-07, Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform 2007-09, Business, Innovation and Skills 2009-10; PPS to Danny Alexander as Chief Secretary to the Treasury 2012-

Party groups

Member Liberal Democrat: Federal Policy Committee 2002-03, West Midlands regional executive 2002-; Chair Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Party 2007-

Select committees

Member: Treasury 2005-06, Regulatory Reform 2006-10

Councils, public bodies

Councillor Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council 1998-2003

Political interests

Industry, manufacturing, equalities, planning, women in enterprise, osteoporosis, funerals and bereavement, personal and company debt, management, prisons

Countries of interest

Guinea-Bissau, Israel, Japan, Palestine, Tunisia

General Election 2010 - Solihull

Name Party Votes %
Burt, Lorely Lib Dem 23635 42.8%
Throup, Maggie Con 23460 42.48%
Merrill, Sarah-Jayne Lab 4891 8.86%
Terry, Andrew BNP 1624 2.95%
Ison, John UKIP 1200 2.18%
Watts, Neill SMRA 319 0.58%
Result Lib Dem Gain (0.28% from Con to Lib Dem)