Martin Horwood
Contact details
Westminster
House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Tel: 020 7219 4784
Fax: 020 7219 1185
martin.horwood.mp@parliament.uk
Constituency
16 Hewlett Road, Cheltenham, GL52 6AA
Tel: 01242 224889
Fax: 01242 256658
Biography
Electoral history
Contested Oxford East 1992 and Cities of London and Westminster 2001 general elections. Member for Cheltenham 2005-10, for Cheltenham (revised boundary) since 6 May 2010 general election
Parliamentary career
Liberal Democrat:
Spokesman on the Charities Bill 2005-06,
Shadow Minister for Environment 2006-10
Party groups
President, Oxford Student Liberal Society 1983;
Chair:
Union of Liberal Students 1984-85,
Liberal Information Network (LINk) 1987-90;
Vice-President, Green Liberal Democrats 2007-
Select committees
Member: ODPM/Communities and Local Government 2005-07,
Environmental Audit 2007-10,
Joint Committee on Privacy and Injunctions 2011-12
Councils, public bodies
Councillor, Vale of White Horse District Council 1991-95
Political interests
Sustainable development, environment, international affairs, mutual/social ownership, tribal peoples, NHS
Countries of interest
India, Tibet
General Election 2010 - Cheltenham
| Name |
Party |
Votes |
% |
| Horwood, Martin |
Lib Dem |
26659 |
50.42% |
| Coote, Mark |
Con |
21739 |
41.11% |
| Green, James |
Lab |
2703 |
5.12% |
| Bowman, Peter |
UKIP |
1192 |
2.26% |
| Hanks, Dancing Ken |
Loony |
493 |
0.94% |
| Result |
Lib Dem Hold (4.33% from Con to Lib Dem) |