Contact details
Westminster
House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Tel: 020 7219 5185
Fax: 020 7219 3955
patersono@parliament.uk
Constituency
No constituency office
Tel: 01978 710073
Fax: 01978 710667
owen@shellbrook.demon.co.uk
Biography
Electoral history
Contested Wrexham 1992 general election. Member for North Shropshire since 1 May 1997 general election
Parliamentary career
Opposition Whip 2000-01;
PPS to Iain Duncan Smith as Leader of the Opposition 2001-03;
Shadow Minister for:
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 2003-05,
Transport 2005-07;
Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 2007-10;
Secretary of State for:
Northern Ireland 2010-12,
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 2012-
Party groups
Member:
92 Group 1997-,
Conservative Friends of Israel 1997-,
Conservative Way Forward 1997-,
Conservative 2000 1997-;
Vice-President, Conservatives Against a Federal Europe 1998-2001,
Member:
No Turning Back Group 1998-,
Executive, 1922 Committee 2000
Select committees
Member: Welsh Affairs 1997-2001,
European Standing Committee A 1998-2001,
Welsh Grand Committee 1998-2000
European Scrutiny 1999-2000,
Agriculture 2000-01
International bodies
President, Cotance (European Tanners' Confederation) 1996-98;
Member:
Inter-Parliamentary Union 1997-,
Commonwealth Parliamentary Association 1997-;
Member, Advisory Board, European Foundation 1998-
Political interests
Trade, industry, agriculture, foreign affairs, economy, social justice, Northern Ireland
Countries of interest
China, Western and Eastern Europe, India, USA
General Election 2010 - North Shropshire
| Name |
Party |
Votes |
% |
| Paterson, Owen |
Con |
26692 |
51.37% |
| Croll, Ian |
Lib Dem |
10864 |
20.91% |
| McLaughlan, Ian |
Lab |
9406 |
18.1% |
| List, Sandra |
UKIP |
2432 |
4.68% |
| Reddall, Phil |
BNP |
1667 |
3.21% |
| Boulding, Steve |
Green |
808 |
1.56% |
| Result |
Con Hold (0.38% from Lib Dem to Con) |