Rt Hon William Hague
Contact details
Westminster
House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Tel: 020 7219 4611
haguew@parliament.uk
Constituency
Unit 1, Omega Business Village, Thurston Road, Northallerton, DL6 2NJ
Tel: 01609 779093
Fax: 01609 778172
Biography
Electoral history
Contested Wentworth 1987 general election. Member for Richmond (Yorkshire) 23 February 1989 by-election to 2010, for Richmond (Yorkshire) (revised boundary) since 6 May 2010 general election
Parliamentary career
PPS to Norman Lamont as Chancellor of the Exchequer 1990-93;
Department of Social Security:
Joint Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State 1993-94,
Minister of State for Social Security and Disabled People 1994-95;
Secretary of State for Wales 1995-97;
Leader of the Opposition 1997-2001;
Shadow Foreign Secretary and Senior Member of the Shadow Cabinet 2005-10;
First Secretary of State, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Foreign Secretary) 2010-
Party groups
President Oxford University Conservative Association 1981;
Leader Conservative Party June 1997-2001
Select committees
Member: Joint Committee on House of Lords Reform 2003-10
International bodies
International Democrat Union, Global Alliance of Conservative, Christian Democrat and like-minded parties:
Chair 1999-2002,
Deputy Chair 2002-05,
Assistant chair 2005-;
Vice-President, Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (UK Branch) 2010-;
Council of the European Union:
Member:
Foreign Affairs Council 2010-,
General Affairs Council 2010-
Political interests
Agriculture, economic policy
General Election 2010 - Richmond (Yorkshire)
| Name |
Party |
Votes |
% |
| Hague, William |
Con |
33541 |
62.64% |
| Meredith, Lawrence |
Lib Dem |
10205 |
19.06% |
| Driver, Eileen |
Lab |
8150 |
15.23% |
| Rowe, Leslie |
Green |
1516 |
2.84% |
| Result |
Con Hold (0.59% from Lib Dem to Con) |