Rt Hon Nicholas Soames

Rt Hon Nicholas Soames

Constituency

Mid Sussex

Party

Conservative

Address as

Nicholas Soames

Contact details

Parliamentary

House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Tel: 020 7219 4143
Fax: 020 7219 2998
nicholas.soames.mp@parliament.uk

Constituency

5 Hazelgrove Road, Haywards Heath, RH16 3PH
Tel: 01444 452590
Fax: 01444 415766
info@msca.org.uk

Web & Social media

Biography

Electoral history

Post Date
Member for Mid Sussex 1997-
Member for Crawley 1983-97
Contested Central Dunbartonshire General Election 1979

Parliamentary career

Post Date
Shadow Secretary of State for Defence 2003-05
Minister of State (Ministry of Defence) (Armed Services) 1994-97
Parliamentary Secretary (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food) 1992-94

Select committees

Post House Date
Administration Committee Commons 2013-
Standards and Privileges Commons 2006-10
Consolidation etc. Bills (Joint Committee) Commons 2001-05
Public Administration Committee Commons 1999-00
European Legislation Commons 1984-85

Political interests

Defence, foreign affairs, trade and industry, aerospace, aviation, agriculture and countryside matters

General Election 2010 General Election - Mid Sussex

Name Party Votes Share Change
Soames, Nicholas Con 28329 50.72% 2.5%
Tierney, Serena LD 20927 37.47% 1.8%
Boot, David Lab 3689 6.60% -6.2%
Montgomery, Marc UKIP 1423 2.55% -0.7%
Brown, Paul Green 645 1.15%
Minihane, Stuart BNP 583 1.04%
Thunderclap, Baron Von Loony 259 0.46%
Majority 7402 13.25%
Turnout 55855 72.35%
Electorate 77199
Result Con Hold

See Briefing Papers General Election 2010 for detailed results.