Paul Beresford
| Sir Paul Beresford MP | |
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| Member of Parliament for Mole Valley |
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| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 1 May 1997 |
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| Preceded by | Kenneth Baker |
| Majority | 15,653 (28.8%) |
| Member of Parliament for Croydon Central |
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| In office 9 April 1992 – 1 May 1997 |
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| Preceded by | John Moore |
| Succeeded by | Geraint Davies |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 6 April 1946 Levin, Horowhenua, New Zealand |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Julie Haynes |
Sir Alexander Paul Beresford (born 6 April 1946) is a British Conservative Party politician, practising dentist[1] and the Member of Parliament (MP) for Mole Valley.
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[edit] Early life
Paul Beresford was born in 1946 in Levin, New Zealand, and was educated in Richmond Primary School, Waimea College in Richmond; and the University of Otago in Dunedin, and is a practising dentist.
He was the elected as a Councillor to Wandsworth Borough Council in 1978 and was its Leader between 1983 and 1992, through much of the Thatcher Government, and pioneered the practice of hiring contractors to do jobs that council workers had previously done. In 1990 he was knighted for services to inner city rehabilitation.
[edit] Parliamentary career
He was selected to fight the safe Conservative seat of Croydon Central following the retirement of former Cabinet minister John Moore. Sir Paul Beresford was elected at the 1992 General Election and made his maiden speech on 30 June 1992.
He entered the Major Government in 1994 as the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for the Environment and remained until the Government was defeated in 1997. When the number of seats in Croydon was reduced from four to three before the 1997 General Election, he failed to be selected for the newly-drawn Croydon Central and instead fought Mole Valley in Surrey, where he was elected in 1997. Croydon Central fell to Labour.
Prior to the United Kingdom General Election, 2010 Sir Paul was a member of the Communities & Local Government Select Committee.
[edit] Personal life
He is married to the former Julie Haynes and they have three sons and one daughter.
[edit] References
- ^ Prince, Rosa; Aislinn Simpson (21 May 2009). "MPs' expenses: Sir Paul Beresford doubled as dentist and used waiting area as 'sitting room’". Daily Telegraph. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/mps-expenses/5358003/MPs-expenses-Sir-Paul-Beresford-doubled-as-dentist-and-used-waiting-area-as-sitting-room.html. Retrieved 2009-06-30.
[edit] External links
- Conservative Party Profile
- Paul Beresford: Electoral history and profile | Politics | guardian.co.uk
- TheyWorkForYou.com - Paul Beresford MP
- Mole Valley Conservative Association
- BBC | Democracy Live | Your representatives | Paul Beresford
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| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by John Moore |
Member of Parliament for Croydon Central 1992–1997 |
Succeeded by Geraint Davies |
| Preceded by Kenneth Baker |
Member of Parliament for Mole Valley 1997–present |
Incumbent |
- Conservative Party (UK) MPs
- Members of the United Kingdom Parliament for English constituencies
- UK MPs 1992–1997
- UK MPs 1997–2001
- UK MPs 2001–2005
- UK MPs 2005–2010
- UK MPs 2010–
- Politics of Croydon
- British dentists
- 1946 births
- Living people
- People from the Manawatu-Wanganui Region
- Councillors in Wandsworth
- Knights Bachelor
- University of Otago alumni
