Contact details
Westminster
House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Tel: 020 7219 4601
Fax: 020 7219 6867
symsr@parliament.uk
guyn@parliament.uk
Constituency
Poole Conservative Association, 38 Sandbanks Road, Poole, BH14 8BX
Tel: 01202 739922
Fax: 01202 739944
symsr@pooleconservatives.org
Biography
Electoral history
Contested Walsall North 1992 general election. Member for Poole 1997-2010, for Poole (revised boundary) since 6 May 2010 general election
Parliamentary career
PPS to Michael Ancram as Chair Conservative Party 1999-2000;
Opposition Spokesperson for Environment, Transport and Regions 1999-2001;
Opposition Whip 2003;
Shadow Minister for:
Local and Devolved Government Affairs 2003-05,
Local Government 2005-07;
Assistant Government Whip 2012-
Party groups
North Wiltshire Conservative Association:
Treasurer 1982-84,
Deputy chair 1983-84,
Chair 1984-86;
Vice-chair, Conservative Party 2001-03
Select committees
Member: Health 1997-2000, 2007-10,
Procedure 1998-99,
Transport 2002-03,
Liaison 2010-13;
Chair: Regulatory Reform 2010-12;
Member: Joint Committee on the Draft Detention of Terrorist Suspects (Temporary Extension) Bills 2011
Councils, public bodies
Councillor:
North Wiltshire District Council 1983-87,
Wiltshire County Council 1985-97;
Member, Wessex Regional Health Authority 1988-90
Political interests
Economic policy, constitution, local and regional government
Countries of interest
USA, most of English speaking world
General Election 2010 - Poole
| Name |
Party |
Votes |
% |
| Syms, Robert |
Con |
22532 |
47.4% |
| Eades, Philip |
Lib Dem |
14991 |
31.54% |
| Sanderson, Jason |
Lab |
6041 |
12.71% |
| Wellstead, Nick |
UKIP |
2507 |
5.28% |
| Holmes, David |
BNP |
1188 |
2.5% |
| Northover, Ian |
Ind |
177 |
0.38% |
| Result |
Con Hold (0.77% from Lib Dem to Con) |