Rt Hon Nicholas Soames
Contact details
Westminster
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
www.midsussexconservatives.com
Biography
Electoral history
Contested Dumbartonshire Central 1979 general election. Member for Crawley 1983-97, for Mid Sussex 1997-2010, for Mid Sussex (revised boundary) since 6 May 2010 general election
Parliamentary career
PPS to:
John Gummer as Minister of State for Employment and Chairman of the Conservative Party 1984-86,
Nicholas Ridley as Secretary of State for the Environment 1987-89;
Joint Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 1992-94;
Minister of State for the Armed Forces, Ministry of Defence 1994-97;
Shadow Secretary of State for Defence 2003-05:
Member Shadow Cabinet 2004-05
Party groups
President, Conservative Middle East Council 2007-;
Patron, Tory Reform Group
Select committees
Member: Public Administration 1999,
Joint Committee on Consolidation of Bills Etc 2001-10,
Standards and Privileges 2006-10
Political interests
Defence, foreign affairs, trade and industry, aerospace, aviation, agriculture and countryside matters
Countries of interest
Europe, Middle East, USA
General Election 2010 - Mid Sussex
| Name |
Party |
Votes |
% |
| Soames, Nicholas |
Con |
28329 |
50.63% |
| Tierney, Serena |
Lib Dem |
20927 |
37.4% |
| Boot, David |
Lab |
3689 |
6.6% |
| Montgomery, Marc |
UKIP |
1423 |
2.55% |
| Brown, Paul |
Green |
645 |
1.16% |
| Minihane, Stuart |
BNP |
583 |
1.05% |
| Thunderclap, Baron Von |
Loony |
259 |
0.47% |
| Result |
Con Hold (0.31% from Lib Dem to Con) |