Richard Benyon

Richard Benyon

Constituency

Newbury

Party

Conservative

Address as

Richard Benyon

Contact details

Parliamentary

House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Tel: 020 7219 8319
Fax: 020 7219 4509
benyonr@parliament.uk

Constituency

6 Cheap Street, Newbury, RG14 5DD
Tel: 01635 551070
Fax: 01635 569690
mp@richardbenyon.com

Departmental

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Nobel House, 17 Smith Square, London, SW1P 3JR
Tel: 08459 33 55 77
defra.helpline@defra.gsi.gov.uk

Web & Social media

Biography

Electoral history

Post Date
Member for Newbury 2005-
Contested Newbury General Election 1997
Contested Newbury General Election 2001

Parliamentary career

Post Date
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) 2010-
Shadow Minister (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) 2009-10
Opposition Whip (Commons) 2007-09

Select committees

Post House Date
Environmental Audit Committee Commons 2010-
Home Affairs Committee Commons 2005-07

Political interests

Rural matters, social affairs, defence, health, home affairs

Countries of interest

Africa, Northern Ireland

General Election 2010 General Election - Newbury

Name Party Votes Share Change
Benyon, Richard Con 33057 56.42% 7.4%
Rendel, David LD 20809 35.52% -7.1%
Cooper, Hannah Lab 2505 4.28% -1.7%
Black, David UKIP 1475 2.52% 0.9%
Hollister, Adrian Green 490 0.84%
Burgess, Brian Ind 158 0.27% -0.7%
Yates, David Apol Dem 95 0.16%
Majority 12248 20.90%
Turnout 58589 74.03%
Electorate 79144
Result Con Hold

See Briefing Papers General Election 2010 for detailed results.