Nick St Aubyn
| Nick St Aubyn | |
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| Member of Parliament for Guildford |
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| In office 1 May 1997 – 7 June 2001 |
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| Preceded by | David Howell |
| Succeeded by | Sue Doughty |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 19 November 1955 |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Oxford |
Nicholas Francis St Aubyn, known as Nick St Aubyn (born 19 November 1955) is a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom.
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[edit] Early life
St Aubyn is the younger son of the Hon. Piers St Aubyn MC by his marriage to Mary Bailey-Southwell, and a grandson of Baron St Levan.[1] He went to Eton College, and Trinity College, Oxford, where he was a member of the Oxford University Liberal Club,[1] and where he was awarded a BA in PPE in 1977, later graduating MA.[2] Before Oxford, he lived and worked in Soweto, South Africa, through a placement with the Project Trust.
He worked as a Loan Officer for Morgan Guaranty Trust from 1977-81.[2] He was the head of the London office of Morgan Futures from 1981-4, then the head of the Sterling and Arbitrage Swaps Desk from 1984 to 1986.[2] He was Vice President of Kleinwort Benson Cross Finance from 1986 to 1987.[2] He worked for American International Group's Financial Products Division from 1987-89. From 1989-93, he was Chairman of Gemini Ltd. From 1993-97, he was Chairman of Fitzroy Joinery Ltd in Plymouth.[2][3]
[edit] Political career
From 1982 to 1986, St Aubyn was a Conservative councillor in Westminster City Council, representing a ward in Paddington.[4] He then fought the Truro by-election in March 1987 following the death of David Penhaligon,[2] when Matthew Taylor comfortably held the seat for the Liberals. He stood again in Truro at the 1987 general election,[2] more than halving the Liberal majority, but slipped back at the 1992 general election.[2]
Following the retirement of long-serving Conservative MP and former minister David Howell, St Aubyn was selected as Conservative candidate for Guildford in preparation for the 1997 general election.[2] Withstanding the national landslide against his party, he held the seat with a reduced majority over the Liberal Democrats, but at the 2001 election he narrowly lost the seat to the Liberal Democrat Sue Doughty.[5][6] While in parliament, he served on the Education Select Committee and was Parliamentary Private Secretary to Michael Portillo.[1] He did not contest the 2005 election, when Anne Milton narrowly retook the seat for the Conservatives.
[edit] Personal life
St Aubyn married Jane Brooks on 26 April 1980 and they have two sons and three daughters.[2]
[edit] Books
- Nick St Aubyn, Custom of the County (2010)
[edit] References
- ^ a b c "In the news: Nick St Aubyn". Times Higher Education. http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?storycode=157301. Retrieved 27 October 2010.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "VOTE 2001 - CANDIDATES". BBC Online. http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/vote2001/candidates/candidates/2/28506.stm. Retrieved 27 October 2010.
- ^ Fitzroy Joinery Ltd
- ^ "House of Commons Hansard Debates for 10 Mar 2000 (pt 14)". http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm199900/cmhansrd/vo000310/debtext/00310-14.htm. Retrieved 27 October 2010.
- ^ "VOTE 2001 - RESULTS & CONSTITUENCIES - Guildford". BBC Online. http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/vote2001/results_constituencies/constituencies/285.stm. Retrieved 27 October 2010.
- ^ "How the Tory class of '97 fared – Telegraph Blogs". The Daily Telegraph (London). 6 May 2007. http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/jonathanisaby/3670311/How_the_Tory_class_of_97_fared_/. Retrieved 27 October 2010.
[edit] External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Nick St Aubyn
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by David Howell |
Member of Parliament for Guildford 1997–2001 |
Succeeded by Sue Doughty |
