The Rt Hon. Francis Maude
Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office
In office 2 July 2007 – present
Leader	David Cameron
Succeeded by	Incumbent
Chairman of the Conservative Party
In office 6 December 2005 – 2 July 2007
Preceded by	Liam Fox
Succeeded by	Caroline Spelman
Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
In office 15 June 1999 – 18 September 2001
Leader	William Hague
Preceded by	John Maples
Succeeded by	Michael Ancram
Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer
In office 2 June 1997 – 15 June 1999
Preceded by	Peter Lilley
Succeeded by	Michael Portillo
Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
In office 4 May 1997 – 2 June 1998
Preceded by	Chris Smith
Succeeded by	Peter Ainsworth
Financial Secretary to the Treasury
In office 28 November 1990 – 11 April 1992
Prime Minister	John Major
Preceded by	Peter Lilley
Succeeded by	Stephen Dorrell
Born	July 04, 1953 (1953-07-04) (age 54) Abingdon, Oxfordshire, England
Political party	Conservative
Profession	Lawyer
Religion	Roman Catholic

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Early Life

The son of former Conservative minister Angus Maude, Francis Maude was educated at Abingdon School, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge and the College of Law and practised criminal law. He was a councillor for the City of Westminster 1978–84. The Right Honourable Angus Maude, Baron Maude of Stratford-upon-Avon, Kt, PC (1912-1993) Angus Maude was born on 8 September 1912. ... Abingdon School is an independent day and boarding school for boys in Abingdon, Oxfordshire. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Law school is the term used in the United States to indicate an institution where future lawyers obtain legal degrees, mainly teaching using the socratic method. ... The City of Westminster is a borough of London, England with city status. ...

Member of Parliament

He was MP for North Warwickshire from 1983 to 1992, serving as a junior minister in a variety of posts until he lost his seat at the 1992 general election to the Labour candidate, Mike O'Brien. North Warwickshire is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... The United Kingdom general election of 1992 was held on 9 April 1992. ... Michael OBrien, known as Mike OBrien, (born 19 June 1954, a son of Irish Catholic immigrants) is a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom and Solicitor General for England and Wales. ...

Shadow Cabinet

Maude worked in banking as a Director at Morgan Stanley while outside parliament, but returned to politics upon his election as an MP in the 1997 for Horsham. In his second spell in Parliament he has served as Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Shadow Foreign Secretary. Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) is an investment bank and retail broker provider headquartered in New York City. ... The UK general election, 1997 was held on 1 May 1997. ... , Horsham is a market town in West Sussex, England with a population of roughly 50,000. ... The Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport is a UK cabinet position with responsibility for the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. ... The Chancellor of the Exchequer is the title held by the British Cabinet minister responsible for all economic and financial matters. ... The title of Foreign Secretary has been traditionally used to refer to the British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. ...

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Norman Tebbit's secretary, Beryl Goldsmith, also criticised Maude on the same day, asking: "How many male, white, straight Conservative MPs currently passionately campaigning for the selection of more women, and more men and women from ethnic minorities, would voluntarily relinquish their own seats in order to encourage local associations to follow the policy line they preach from their own smug, safe base? Precious few I would guess — including Mr Francis Maude."^{[citation needed]} Norman Beresford Tebbit, Baron Tebbit, CH, PC (born 29 March 1931) is a British Conservative politician and former Member of Parliament (MP) for Chingford, who was born in Southgate in Enfield. ...

In the post-election 2005 reshuffle, Maude returned to the Shadow Cabinet as Chairman of the Conservative Party. On 2 July 2007, he was moved to the post of Shadow Cabinet Office Minister. Francis is also Shadow Minster for the Black Country.

Personal Life

Maude is father of five: Julia, Cecily, Harry, Alastair and Lydia.

Controversies

In 2006 the Daily Mirror reported that the Jubilee Trust, a company in which Maude is a non-executive Chairman, held 21% of American pornography actress Jill Kelly's adult DVD business. ^[1] Alternate newspaper: The Daily Mirror (Australia) The Daily Mirror is a popular British tabloid daily newspaper. ... Adrianne Diane Moore (born on February 1, 1971 in Pomona, California, USA), best known by her stage name Jill Kelly, is an American pornographic actress, TR director, and producer. ...

He has also been linked by The Observer to the company employed to make controversial advertisements for Playboy TV, drawing the same criticisms[1], and to alcopop advertisements, which some people have complained are linked to binge drinking. The commercials - for WKD - have since been banned.[2] Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ...

Quotes on HIV

In 2006, he told the gay news website (PinkNews.co.uk) that his opinions on gay issues were "informed by my family, my wonderful, intelligent, beloved brother. The gay scene in London in the 1980s was quite aggressively promiscuous and I think if society generally and the government I served in had been more willing to recognise gay people then there would have been less of that problem." "A lot of people like my brother would not have succumbed to HIV and lost their lives." Since its coinage, the word homosexuality has acquired multiple meanings. ... Species Human immunodeficiency virus 1 Human immunodeficiency virus 2 Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a retrovirus that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS, a condition in humans in which the immune system begins to fail, leading to life-threatening opportunistic infections). ...

Maude told Pinknews "that the Conservative anti gay legislation such as Section 28 in 1988, which prohibited local councils from publishing materials on homosexuality and led to the closing of gay support groups, was an error." ^[2]. Sir Ian McKellen with Michael Cashman at the 1988 Gay Rights March on Manchester in protest against Section 28. ...

See also

• Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet (UK)

The Official Loyal Opposition Shadow Cabinet (normally referred to simply as The Shadow Cabinet) is, in British parliamentary practice, a group of members from Her Majestys Loyal Opposition whose job it is to scrutinise their opposite numbers in government and come up with alternative policies. ...

References

1. ^ http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/tm_objectid=17851468%26method=full%26siteid=94762%26headline=true%2dblue%2dtory-name_page.html
2. ^ http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-448.html

External links

• Francis Maude MP official site
• Conservative Party — Rt Hon Francis Maude MP official biography
• Guardian Unlimited Politics Ask Aristotle — Francis Maude MP
• They Work For You — Francis Maude MP
• The Public Whip — Francis Maude MP voting record
• BBC Politics — Francis Maude profile 10 February 2005

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