Angela Frances Browning (born December 4, 1946) British politician. She is the Conservative Member of Parliament for Tiverton and Honiton. December 4 is the 338th day (339th on leap years) of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... A politician is an individual involved in politics to the extent of holding or running for public office. ... The Conservative Party is the largest political party on the right-of-centre in the United Kingdom. ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. ... Tiverton and Honiton is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ...

Born Angela Pearson in Reading, she was educated at the Westwood Girls Grammar School in Reading, Reading College of Technology, and the Bournemouth College of Technology. She became a Home Economics tutor in adult education from 1968 until 1974. She was an auxiliary nurse for a year in 1976. She was appointed as a sales and training manager with GEC Hotpoint in 1977. In 1985 she became a self-employed management consultant and was also became a director with the Small Business Bureau. She contested Crewe and Nantwich at the 1987 General Election but was narrowly defeated by the veteran Labour MP Gwyneth Dunwoody by just 1,092 votes. She was elected as the Chairperson of Women into Business in 1988. She was selected for the safe Conservative seat of Tiverton following the retirement of Robin Maxwell-Hyslop, who had represented the seat for 32 years. She held the seat comfortably at the 1992 General Election with a majority of 11,089. She made her maiden speech on June 12, 1992. Reading is a town and a unitary authority (the Borough of Reading) in the English county of Berkshire. ... A grammar school is a type of school found in some English-speaking countries. ... Thames Valley University is a University based on campuses in Ealing, Slough and Reading. ... Bournemouth is a seaside resort on the south coast of England. ... Family and consumer sciences, or home economics, is an academic discipline concerning consumer science, nutrition, cooking, parenting, interior decoration, textiles, gardening, and other subjects related to home management. ... // English Secondary Schools In English Secondary Schools the Form Tutor is similar to an American Home Room Teacher. ... Libraries are a useful resource for adult learners. ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ... A nurse is a health care professional who is engaged in the practice of nursing. ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... The General Electric Company plc or GEC was a major UK company involved in consumer and defence electronics, communications and engineering. ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... This article is about the year. ... Crewe and Nantwich is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... The UK general election, 1987 was held on June 11, 1987 and was the third victory in a row for Margaret Thatcher and the Conservatives. ... The Labour Party is the principal left wing (debatable) political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics). ... Gwyneth Patricia Dunwoody (born in Fulham, London on 12 December 1930), is the longest-serving woman Member of the United Kingdom Parliament, having been the Labour Party MP for Exeter between 1966 and 1970, then MP for Crewe from February 1974 to 1983 then following boundary changes, for the Crewe... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII in Roman) was a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The UK general election, 1992 was held on April 9, 1992, and was the fourth victory in a row for the Conservatives. ... A maiden speech is the first speech given by a newly elected representative in such bodies as the House of Commons or the United States House of Representatives. ... June 12 is the 163rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (164th in leap years), with 202 days remaining. ... 1992 (MCMXCII in Roman) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ...

After her election, Angela Browning became a Member of the Agriculture Select Committee in 1992. She was appointed the Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Minister of State at the Department for Education and Employment Michael Forsyth in 1993. Also in 1993 she became the President of the National Autistic Society. She entered John Major's government in 1994 when she became a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Ministry for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, where she remained until the Major government fell. She became a vice president of the National Alzheimer's Disease Society in 1997. A Select Committee of the British Parliament is a committee made up of a small number of members appointed to deal with particular areas or issues. ... 1992 (MCMXCII in Roman) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... A Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) is a junior role given to British Government MPs to act as the Parliamentary contact of senior Ministers. ... Minister of State is a title borne by officials in certain countries governed under the parliamentary system. ... Department for Education and Skills (DfES) is a department in the United Kingdom government created in 2001. ... Michael Bruce Forsyth, Baron Forsyth of Drumlean, PC, is a Conservative politician in the United Kingdom. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII in Roman) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... 1993 (MCMXCIII in Roman) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... The National Autistic Society (NAS) is the United Kingdoms most prominent autism-related charity. ... Sir John Major, KG, CH (born 29 March 1943) is a British politician who served in the Cabinets of Margaret Thatcher as Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Foreign Secretary and Chancellor of the Exchequer before succeeding Thatcher as Conservative Party leader and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1990... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... A Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, in the United Kingdom government structure, is a minister who is junior to a Minister of State who is then junior to a Secretary of State. ...

Her Tiverton seat was abolished, but she won the nomination for the newly drawn Tiverton and Honiton seat which she contested at the 1997 General Election. She won the new seat with a majority of 1,653. After John Major resigned from the Leadership of the Conservative Party she ran the John Redwood campaign team. She was appointed as an opposition spokeswoman on Education and Employment under William Hague but she stepped down in 1998 to look after her autistic adult son, Robin. However, Hague brought her back in 1999 and she entered the Shadow Cabinet as the Shadow Trade and Industry Secretary, and in 2000 was the Shadow Leader of the House of Commons. After the 2001 General Election she was briefly an opposition spokesperson on Constitutional Affairs, before becoming the Vice Chairman of the Conservative Party 2000-2004. The UK general election, 1997 was held on 1 May 1997. ... John Redwood The Right Honourable Dr John Alan Redwood (born June 15, 1951 in Dover, Kent) is a British Conservative Party politician, Member of Parliament for Wokingham and Shadow Secretary of State for Deregulation in the Shadow Cabinet. ... William Hague The Right Honourable William Jefferson Hague (born March 26, 1961) is a British politician, the Member of Parliament for Richmond, North Yorkshire, former leader of the Conservative Party, and currently Shadow Foreign Secretary. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... Autism is classified as a neurodevelopmental disorder that manifests itself in markedly abnormal social interaction, communication ability, patterns of interests, and patterns of behavior. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... The Shadow Cabinet (also called the Front Bench) is a senior group of opposition spokespeople in the Westminster System of government who together under the leadership of the Leader of the Opposition (or the leader of other smaller opposition parties) form an alternative cabinet to the governments, whose members... The Department of Trade and Industry is a United Kingdom government department. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... The Leader of the House of Commons is a member of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom who is responsible for arranging government business in the House of Commons. ... The UK general election, 2001 was held on 7 June 2001 and was dubbed the quiet landslide by the media. ... The Department for Constitutional Affairs (DCA) is a United Kingdom government department. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In the 2005 General Election, Angela increased her majority to 11,051; almost the majority of the original Tiverton seat she took in 1992. The United Kingdom general election of 2005 was held on Thursday, 5 May 2005 and won by the Labour Party, led by Tony Blair. ... 1992 (MCMXCII in Roman) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ...

Angela Browning is a Member of both the Public Accounts and Standards and Privileges Select Committees. She has been married to David Browning since 1968 and they have two sons. 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ...

External links

• ePolitix - Angela Browning MP official site
• Guardian Unlimited Politics - Ask Aristotle: Angela Browning MP
• TheyWorkForYou.com - Angela Browning MP
• The Public Whip - Angela Browning MP voting record
• BBC News - Angela Browning profile 10 February, 2005