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John Henry Hayes
MP
John Henry Hayes MP
Minister of State for Further Education, Skills and Lifelong Learning
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 13 May 2010
Preceded by	New post
Member of Parliament; for South Holland and the Deepings
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 1 May 1997
Preceded by	new constituency
Majority	21,880 (44.4%)
Personal details
Born	23 June 1958 (age 66)[1]; Woolwich, London
Nationality	British
Political party	Conservative
Spouse	Susan Hopewell
Children	2 sons
Alma mater	University of Nottingham

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John Henry Hayes (born 23 June 1958) British politician. He is Conservative Member of Parliament for South Holland and The Deepings, and Chairman of the socially conservative Cornerstone Group. On 13 May 2010 he was appointed as Minister of State for Further Education, Skills and Lifelong Learning at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.

Early life

John Hayes was born in Woolwich, London and was educated at the Colfe's Grammar School in Lewisham and the University of Nottingham where he was awarded a Bachelor of Arts degree in politics and a Postgraduate Certificate in Education in history and English. He was Chairman of the University Conservative Association; President of Lincoln Hall JCR and Treasurer of the University Students' Union from 1982-83.

Professional career

Before entering Parliament, he was a Director of the Information Technology company, The Data Base Ltd [Nottingham].

Political career

He was elected to Nottinghamshire County Council in 1985 where he was the Conservative Group Spokesman on Education and Chairman of its Campaigns Committee. He served there for 13 years, standing down following his election to parliament. He contested Derbyshire North East at the 1987 general election but was defeated by the new Labour MP Harry Barnes by 3,720 votes. He fought the same seat at the 1992 general election and although he increased the Tory vote, finished some 6,270 votes behind Barnes. He was elected to the House of Commons for the new Lincolnshire seat of South Holland and The Deepings at the 1997 general election. He secured a majority of 7,991 and has been elected with increased majorities at successive elections since with swings to him of 4.4% in 2001, 4.3% in 2005 and 0.3% in 2010, increasing the Conservative share of the vote to 59.1%, so making it one of the Party's safest seats. He made his maiden speech on 2 July 1997.

In parliament he served on the agriculture, fisheries and food select committee for two years from 1997 and two years on the education and employment committee from 1998. In 1999 he was appointed as a Vice Chairman of the Conservative Party with responsibility for campaigning by William Hague, and in 2000 continued on the frontbench as Shadow Schools Minister in the education and skills. He was appointed Assistant Chief Whip Opposition Whip by [Iain Duncan Smith] - for whom Hayes was a speech writer - in 2001, before entering his shadow cabinet as the shadow Agriculture & Fisheries Secretary in 2002. In 2003, after a change of Leader, Michael Howard appointed him to be Shadow Minister for Housing & Planning. He was briefly a spokesman on transport following the 2005 general election before being moved by David Cameron later in 2005 to again speak on education and skills and in particular on vocational education. He was promoted by Cameron to his current post - Shadow Minster for Lifelong Learning, Further and Higher Education - in 2007. He is the Chairman of the All Party Group on disability and Secretary of the All Party Group on brain injury. At the end of 2008 John won the ePolitix/House Magazine Disability Charity Champion Award.

Personal life

He has been married to Susan Hopewell since 1997 and they have two sons.

External links

John Hayes MP Conservative Party profile
Contributions in Parliament at Hansard 1803–2005
Voting record at Public Whip
Record in Parliament at TheyWorkForYou
BBC News - John Hayes profile 10 February 2005

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 '''John Henry Hayes''' (born 23 June 1958) [[United Kingdom|British]] [[politician]]. He is [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] [[Member of Parliament]] for [[South Holland and The Deepings (UK Parliament constituency)|South Holland and The Deepings]], and Chairman of the socially conservative [[Cornerstone Group]]. On 13 May 2010 he was appointed as Minister of State for Further Education, Skills and Lifelong Learning at the [[Department for Business, Innovation and Skills]].
+== Early life ==
-John Hayes was born in [[Woolwich]], [[London]] and was educated at the [[Colfe's Grammar School]] in [[Lewisham]] and the [[University of Nottingham]] where he was awarded a [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree in [[politics]] and a [[Postgraduate Certificate in Education]] in [[history]] and [[English language|English]]. He was Chairman of the University Conservative Association; President of Lincoln Hall JCR and Treasurer of the University Students' Union from 1982-83. Before entering Parliament, he was a Director of the [[Information Technology]] company, The Data Base Ltd [Nottingham].
+John Hayes was born in [[Woolwich]], [[London]] and was educated at the [[Colfe's Grammar School]] in [[Lewisham]] and the [[University of Nottingham]] where he was awarded a [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree in [[politics]] and a [[Postgraduate Certificate in Education]] in [[history]] and [[English language|English]]. He was Chairman of the University Conservative Association; President of Lincoln Hall JCR and Treasurer of the University Students' Union from 1982-83.
+== Professional career ==
+Before entering Parliament, he was a Director of the [[Information Technology]] company, The Data Base Ltd [Nottingham].
+== Political career ==
 He was elected to Nottinghamshire County Council in 1985 where he was the Conservative Group Spokesman on Education and Chairman of its Campaigns Committee.  He served there for 13 years, standing down following his election to [[Palace of Westminster|parliament]]. He contested [[Derbyshire North East (UK Parliament constituency)|Derbyshire North East]] at the [[United Kingdom general election, 1987|1987 general election]] but was defeated by the new [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] MP [[Harry Barnes (Labour politician)|Harry Barnes]] by 3,720 votes. He fought the same seat at the [[United Kingdom general election, 1992|1992 general election]] and although he increased the Tory vote, finished some 6,270 votes behind Barnes. He was elected to the [[British House of Commons|House of Commons]] for the new [[Lincolnshire]] seat of South Holland and The Deepings at the [[United Kingdom general election, 1997|1997 general election]]. He secured a majority of 7,991 and has been elected with increased majorities at successive elections since with swings to him of 4.4% in 2001, 4.3% in 2005 and 0.3% in 2010, increasing the Conservative share of the vote to 59.1%, so making it one of the Party's safest seats. He made his [[maiden speech]] on 2 July 1997.
 In parliament he served on the [[Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food|agriculture, fisheries and food]] [[Select Committee (Westminster System)|select committee]] for two years from 1997 and two years on the [[Department for Education and Skills (United Kingdom)|education and employment]] committee from 1998. In 1999 he was appointed as a Vice Chairman of the Conservative Party with responsibility for campaigning by [[William Hague]], and in 2000 continued on the [[frontbencher|frontbench]] as Shadow Schools Minister in the [[Department for Education and Skills (United Kingdom)|education and skills]]. He was appointed Assistant Chief Whip [[Whip (politics)|Opposition Whip]] by [Iain Duncan Smith] - for whom Hayes was a speech writer - in 2001, before entering his [[shadow cabinet]] as the shadow [[Agriculture & Fisheries]] Secretary in 2002.  In 2003, after a change of Leader, Michael Howard appointed him to be Shadow Minister for Housing & Planning. He was briefly a spokesman on [[Department for Transport|transport]] following the [[United Kingdom general election, 2005|2005 general election]] before being moved by [[David Cameron]] later in 2005 to again speak on education and skills and in particular on [[vocational education]].   He was promoted by Cameron to his current post - Shadow Minster for Lifelong Learning, Further and Higher Education - in 2007.  He is the Chairman of the All Party Group on [[disability]] and Secretary of the All Party Group on [[traumatic brain injury|brain injury]].  At the end of 2008 John won the ePolitix/House Magazine Disability Charity Champion Award.
+== Personal life ==
 He has been married to Susan Hopewell since 1997 and they have two sons.