James Gerald Douglas Howarth known as Gerald Howarth (born 12 September 1947, Hurley, Berkshire) is a British politician in the Conservative Party. He is the Member of Parliament for Aldershot. September 12 is the 255th day of the year (256th in leap years). ... 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Location within the British Isles Hurley is a town in Berkshire in England. ... Berkshire (IPA: or  ; sometimes abbreviated to Berks) is a county in England and forms part of the South East England region. ... 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. ... Aldershot is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ...

He had previously been MP for Cannock and Burntwood from 1983 to 1992, and then was re-elected for Aldershot in 1997. He was Shadow Minister for Defence in Michael Howard's cabinet. Map sources for Cannock at grid reference SJ9810 Cannock is a town in Staffordshire, just north of the West Midlands conurbation. ... Map sources for Burntwood at grid reference SK0509 Burntwood is a town in Staffordshire, England, lying in the Cannock Chase area approximately four miles east of Lichfield. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... Map sources for Aldershot at grid reference SU8650 Aldershot is a town in the English county of Hampshire, on a moorland 55 km (35 miles) southwest of London, and is administered by Rushmoor Borough Council. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A defence minister (Commonwealth English) or defense minister (American English) is a cabinet portfolio (position) which regulates the armed forces in a sovereign nation. ... 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. ...

A qualified pilot, Howarth worked in banking before entering Parliament. He is known for his right wing views on immigration and the economy, being a member of the Thatcherite No Turning Back group and the Freedom Association and a vocal opponent of the arrest of the former Chilean leader Augusto Pinochet in 1998. Aviators are people who fly aircraft either for pleasure or for a job. ... In politics, right-wing, the political right, or simply the right, are terms which refer, with no particular precision, to the segment of the political spectrum in opposition to left-wing politics. ... The Right Honourable Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, LG, OM, PC, FRS (born 13 October 1925) is a British politician and the first woman Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, a position she held from 1979 to 1990. ... The Freedom Association is a right-wing British pressure group. ... General Augusto José Ramón Pinochet Ugarte (born November 25, 1915) was head of the military government that ruled Chile from 1973 to 1990. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ...

Howarth has a consistent record of defending family values, a stance reflected in his voting patterns, having voted against the repeal of Clause 28 of the Local Government Act, and also opposing change to the established age of consent.

He attacked the conclusion of the Macpherson report (into Stephen Lawrence's death) that the Metropolitan police are institutionally racist as "a grotesque over-reaction." Further comments in the parliamentary debate on the report were: "I will leave aside whether people coming to this country should be more sensitive to our customs and practices…….rather than us having constantly duck and weave to every changing nuance." Stephen Lawrence (September 14, 1974 - April 22, 1993) was a black British teenager living in London, UK, who was murdered in April 1993 at the age of 18. ... Stephen Lawrence (September 14, 1974 - April 22, 1993) was a black British teenager living in London, UK, who was murdered in April 1993 at the age of 18. ...

External links

• Gerald Howarth MP official site
• Conservative Party - Gerald Howarth MP official biography
• Guardian Unlimited Politics - Ask Aristotle: Gerald Howarth MP
• TheyWorkForYou.com - Gerald Howarth MP
• The Public Whip - Gerald Howarth MP voting record
• BBC News - Gerald Howarth profile 10 February, 2005