Richard Ottaway

Richard Ottaway

Constituency

Croydon South

Party

Conservative

Address as

Richard Ottaway

Contact details

Constituency

Croydon South Conservative Association, 36 Brighton Road, Purley, CR8 2LG
Tel: 020 8660 0491
Fax: 020 8763 9686
croydonconservatives@tory.org

Parliamentary

House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Tel: 020 7219 6392
Fax: 020 7219 2256
ottawayr@parliament.uk

Web & Social media

Biography

Electoral history

Post Date
Member for Croydon South 1992-
Contested Nottingham North General Election 1987
Member for Nottingham North 1983-87

Parliamentary career

Post Date
Shadow Secretary of State (Environment) 2004-05
Shadow Spokesperson (Treasury) 2000-01
Shadow Spokesperson (Defence) 1999-00
Shadow Minister (London) 1997-99
Lord Commissioner (HM Treasury) (Whip) 1996-97
Assistant Whip (HM Treasury) 1995-96

Other posts

Post Date
Vice-Chair, Conservative Party 1998-99

Select committees

Post House Date
National Security Strategy (Joint Committee) Commons 2010-
Liaison Committee (Commons) Commons 2010-
Foreign Affairs Committee (Chair) Commons 2010-
Foreign Affairs Committee Commons 2010-
Intelligence and Security (Joint Committee) Commons 2005-10
Defence Committee Commons 2004-05
Foreign Affairs Committee Commons 2003-04
Standards and Privileges Commons 2001-04
Procedure Committee Commons 1996-97

Political interests

Foreign affairs, defence, industry, commerce, world population

Countries of interest

Malaysia, Singapore

General Election 2010 General Election - Croydon South

Name Party Votes Share Change
Ottaway, Richard Con 28684 50.93% -1.1%
Rix, Simon LD 12866 22.84% 2.4%
Avis, Jane Lab 11287 20.04% -4.0%
Bolter, Jeffrey UKIP 2504 4.45% 2.3%
Ross, Gordon Green 981 1.74%
Majority 15818 28.08%
Turnout 56322 69.27%
Electorate 81303
Result Con Hold

See Briefing Papers General Election 2010 for detailed results.