Anne Frances Milton (born Anne Turner November 3, 1955) is a British nurse and politician who has been the Conservative MP for Guildford since 2005. After service on the Health Select Committee, in November 2006 she was appointed Shadow Minister for Tourism. ^[1] Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Guildford is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... is the 307th day of the year (308th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar). ... The Conservative Party (officially the Conservative and Unionist Party) is currently the second largest political party in the United Kingdom in terms of sitting Members of Parliament (MPs), the largest in terms of public membership, and the oldest political party in the United Kingdom. ... is the 307th day of the year (308th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar). ... The Conservative Party (officially the Conservative and Unionist Party) is currently the second largest political party in the United Kingdom in terms of sitting Members of Parliament (MPs), the largest in terms of public membership, and the oldest political party in the United Kingdom. ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a parliament. ... Guildford is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ...

Professional life

Milton was educated at Haywards Heath Grammar School (became Haywards Heath Sixth Form College in 1980, then Central Sussex College Sixth Form Campus in 2005) on Harlands Road in West Sussex. She married Neil Milton in 1979 in Haywards Heath, whom she divorced. She later trained as a nurse at St Bartholomew's Hospital in London and worked for the NHS for 25 years, as a district nurse and for people with terminal cancer. Her husband, Dr Graham Henderson, whom she married in February 2000 in Surrey, also works in the NHS in the field of community medicine, and is Director of Public Health for the East Surrey PCT. She has four children: including a son born July 1987, a daughter born August 1993 Statistics Population: 22,800 (2001) Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: TQ335245 Administration District: Mid Sussex Shire county: West Sussex Region: South East England Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: West Sussex Historic county: Sussex Services Police force: {{{Police}}} Ambulance service: South East Coast Post office and... Central Sussex College is a college of further education in West Sussex. ... West Sussex is a county in the south of England, bordering onto East Sussex (with Brighton and Hove), Hampshire and Surrey. ... This article is about the occupation. ... The King Henry VIII Gate at Barts, which was constructed in 1702. ... The National Health Service (NHS) is the publicly-funded healthcare system of the United Kingdom. ... District Nurses are fully qualified nurses who in the UK provide care within the community. ...

Political experience

Milton was a councillor in the Borough of Reigate and Banstead 1999 – 2004 and led the Conservative Group on the council. She was a member of the South East Regional Assembly and Vice Chairman of the Conservative Medical Society. She applied to go on the Conservative Party's list of Parliamentary candidates in 1999, and was rated highly by the party. In the selection for Bexhill and Battle in August 2000 and at Bridgwater, she was among the three finalists but lost out narrowly and did not find another seat for the 2001 general election. Reigate and Banstead is a local government district with borough status in east Surrey. ... Bexhill and Battle is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... Tony Blair William Hague Charles Kennedy The UK general election, 2001 was held on 7 June 2001 and was dubbed the quiet landslide by the media. ...

Guildford

In 2002, Milton was selected for Guildford, a seat which the Conservatives had unexpectedly lost in 2001 to the Liberal Democrats. This was one of the first selections to be made and Milton stood out not only because few women had been selected. Her connection to health care, an area in which the Conservatives felt weak, and her lack of interest in issues such as British membership of the European Union and asylum-seekers, meant that she was thought of as a member of the modernising wing of the Conservative Party. Guildford is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... The Liberal Democrats, often shortened to Lib Dems, are a liberal political party based in the United Kingdom. ...

Following Conservative leader Iain Duncan Smith's 2003 conference speech, Milton was interviewed in the Sunday Herald newspaper published in Glasgow. She stated that the priority she heard from the people of Guildford was crime, but lamented the poor press reaction to Duncan Smith's speech. After Duncan Smith was defeated in a vote of confidence among Conservative MPs, she immediately backed Michael Howard as the new leader; following his election, she played host to his wife Sandra on a campaign trip to Guildford. Rt. ... Herald is a common name for newspapers throughout the English-speaking world, and the Sunday editions are often called Sunday Herald. ... The Rt Hon. ...

General election

There was a good deal of interest in the result at Guildford in the 2005 general election, prompted not only by the fact that the seat was highly marginal but also by the relatively rare phenomenon of two women candidates contesting for the victory.^[2] Milton highlighted Conservative plans to abolish regional planning bodies and reduce the amount of new housing built in the area, especially on green field sites. The then sitting Liberal Democrat MP Sue Doughty highlighted the fact that Milton lived outside the constituency in Reigate, prompting Milton to respond that "It isn't in Tierra del Fuego!" Barring a change in the law, the next general election in the United Kingdom must be held some time before June 30, 2006. ... Sue Doughty, Former MP for Guildford, 2001-2005 Susan Kathleen Doughty (born 13 April 1948) is a politician in the United Kingdom, and a previous Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for Guildford (2001-2005). ... , Reigate is an historic market town in Surrey, England at the foot of the North Downs, and in the London commuter belt. ... Tierra del Fuego Cerro Sombrero Village, Chile. ...

Some attention during the campaign was paid to a blog set up by Tim Ireland, a left-wing activist who lived in the Guildford constituency and was opposed to Milton. Milton, who described the author as "an angry young man", refused to discuss the blog. ^[3] To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Tim Ireland is an online marketing consultant and activist who operates the website Bloggerheads. ...

Parliament

On election day, Milton won by 347 votes, after two recounts. In Parliament she was swiftly appointed to the Health Select Committee, serving until December 2006, following her appointment as Shadow Minister for Tourism. She announced her backing for David Cameron in the Conservative Party leadership election on October 11, 2005, becoming the 29th Conservative MP to support him. She offered herself as a candidate for the 1922 Committee executive in January 2006 but was not elected. A Select Committee is a committee made up of a small number of parliamentary members appointed to deal with particular areas or issues originating in the Westminster System of parliamentary democracy. ... For the Canadian ice hockey player, see Dave Cameron. ... is the 284th day of the year (285th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... In British politics, the 1922 Committee consists of all backbench Conservative Members of Parliament, though when the party is in opposition, frontbench MPs other than the party leader may also attend its meetings. ...

In February 2006, Milton was among a minority of Conservative MPs to oppose exceptions for private clubs from the proposed Smoking ban in England.^[4] Milton had previously announced her opposition to a partial ban, stating it was "the worst possible solution".^[5] The smoking ban affects all public areas, workplaces and restaurants or pubs A smoking ban in England, making it illegal to smoke in all enclosed public places in England, came into force on 1 July 2007. ...

References

External links

• Anne Milton's official website
• Guardian Unlimited Politics - Ask Aristotle: Anne Milton MP
• TheyWorkForYou.com - Anne Milton MP
• Guildford Conservatives
• Ask the MP December 2005
• BBC Politics page