Crispin Jeremy Rupert Blunt (born 15 July 1960) is the Conservative Member of Parliament for Reigate. He replaced rebel Eurosceptic George Gardiner in 1997. Jump to: navigation, search July 15 is the 196th day (197th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 169 days remaining. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1960 was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search The Conservative Party is the largest political party on the centre-right 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. ... Reigate is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... Euroscepticism is scepticism about, or disagreement with, the purposes of the European Union, sometimes coupled with a desire to preserve national sovereignty. ... Jump to: navigation, search Sir George Arthur Gardiner (3 March 1935 - 16 November 2002) was a United Kingdom politician who served as the Conservative Member of Parliament for Reigate from February 1974 to March 1997. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Born in 1960, married with two children. Educated at Wellington College, and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, where he won the Queen’s Medal, gaining a Regular Commission, before reading Politics at the University of Durham between 1981 and 1984, where he was elected President of the Union Society in 1983 and graduated with a 2/1. In 1991 he gained an MBA at Cranfield University School of Management. Jump to: navigation, search 1960 was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Wellington College, Berkshire, the national monument to the Duke of Wellington, is an English public school, which was granted its royal charter in 1853. ... In law a commission is a patent which allows a person to take possession of a state office and carry out official acts and duties. ... Durham University is a university in England. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1981 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1984 is a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1983 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1991 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search Cranfield (N52:04:07, W0:36:31; SP9544200) is a village in north-west Bedfordshire, England, near Milton Keynes. ...

Commissioned as an Army Officer into the 13th/18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary’s Own) and served until 1990. During the 1980s he was stationed in Cyprus, Germany and the UK, serving as a Troop Leader, Regimental Operations Officer and Armoured Reconnaissance Squadron Commander, resigning his commission as a Captain in 1990. Jump to: navigation, search 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search // Events and trends The 1980s marked an abrupt shift towards more conservative lifestyles after the momentous cultural revolutions which took place in the 1960s and 1970s and the definition of the AIDS virus in 1981. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Contested his first Parliamentary seat in West Bromwich East for the Conservative Party. Between 1991-1992 Crispin was a representative of the "Forum of Private Business". In 1993 Crispin was appointed as Special Adviser to Malcolm Rifkind the Secretary of State for Defence, and worked in the same capacity when Malcolm Rifkind became Foreign Secretary between 1995 and 1997. West Bromwich East is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1991 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1992 was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... 1993 is 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 Right Honourable Sir Malcolm Leslie Rifkind, KCMG, QC (born 21 June 1946) is a Scottish and British Conservative politician, Member of Parliament for the constituency of Kensington and Chelsea and Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and Welfare Reform. ... The Secretary of State for Defence is the senior United Kingdom government minister in charge of the Ministry of Defence. ... The title of Foreign Secretary has been traditionally used to refer to the British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In May 1997 Crispin Blunt was elected to Parliament as Member for Reigate in Surrey and was subsequently appointed to the House of Commons Defence Select Committee. In July 1997 he was elected as Secretary of the Conservative Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Committee and the Conservative Middle East Council. In May 2000 Crispin joined the House of Commons Environment, Transport and Regional Affairs Select Committee. Jump to: navigation, search 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search This article is about the year 2000. ...

The new leader Iain Duncan Smith appointed him to the Opposition front bench as Shadow Minister for Northern Ireland in September 2001. In July 2002 he was appointed as deputy to Tim Yeo, Shadow Secretary of State for Trade and Industry. On 1st May 2003 he resigned his position on the front bench saying that Iain Duncan Smith was a "handicap". His decision to resign at this time, on these grounds, was seen by many commentators as having been taken in the expectation that the Conservative Party would perform badly in the local elections held on the same day. Blunt timed his resignation so that it did not become public until after the polls closed but before the results were declared. When the party exceeded virtually all forecasts by gaining over 500 local government seats, though without a substantial increase in its share of the popular vote, Blunt accepted that no challenge for the party leadership would be forthcoming and retired to the back benches. Iain Duncan Smith The Right Honourable George Iain Duncan Smith (born April 9, 1954) is a British politician. ... Jump to: navigation, search Royal motto: Quis separabit (Latin: Who will separate?) Northern Irelands location within the UK Official languages English, Irish, Ulster Scots Capital and largest city Belfast First Minister Office suspended Area  - Total Ranked 4th 13,843 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 4th 1,685,267... Jump to: navigation, search 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... Jump to: navigation, search 2002(MMII) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search Tim Yeo Timothy Stephen Kenneth Yeo MP (born March 20, 1945) is a British Conservative politician, Member of Parliament for South Suffolk. ... (Redirected from 1st May) May 1 is the 121st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (122nd in leap years). ... Jump to: navigation, search 2003(MMIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

He subesquently became a party whip under Duncan Smith's successor, Michael Howard, but on June 9, 2005 again stood down from the front bench, this time to support the expected leadership bid of Sir Malcolm Rifkind. Michael Howard The Right Honourable Michael Howard, QC, MP (born July 7, 1941) is a British politician and caretaker Leader of the Opposition and the Conservative Party, having formally resigned the post on 7 October 2005. ... Jump to: navigation, search June 9 is the 160th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (161st in leap years), with 205 days remaining. ... Jump to: navigation, search 2005 (MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Right Honourable Sir Malcolm Leslie Rifkind, KCMG, QC (born 21 June 1946) is a Scottish and British Conservative politician, Member of Parliament for the constituency of Kensington and Chelsea and Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and Welfare Reform. ...

External links

• Crispin Blunt MP official site
• Guardian Unlimited Politics – Ask Aristotle: Crispin Blunt MP
• TheyWorkForYou.com – Crispin Blunt MP
• The Public Whip - Crispin Blunt MP voting record
• BBC News - Crispin Blunt MP profile 10 February, 2005
• Resignation statement