Julian William Hendy Brazier TD (born July 24, 1953) is a British politician. He is the Conservative Member of Parliament for Canterbury. Before you can upload images you will need to register an account Only use this if you hold the copyright on the image. ... Before you can upload images you will need to register an account Only use this if you hold the copyright on the image. ... The Territorial Decoration (TD) was a United Kingdom military medal, also known as the Territorial Efficiency Decoration, which was given to officers for long service in the Territorial Army. ... July 24 is the 205th day of the year (206th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... The Politics series Politics Portal This box:      A politician is an individual who is a formally recognized and active member of a government, or a person who influences the way a society is governed through an understanding of political power and group dynamics. ... The Conservative Party (officially the Conservative and Unionist Party) is 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 is the second oldest extant political party in the world. ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a parliament. ... Canterbury is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ...

Eary life

Born into a military family, Julian Brazier was educated at the Dragon School, Wellington College, Berkshire, Brasenose College, Oxford, where he obtained a degree in mathematics; he also attended the London Business School. He joined the Territorial Army aged 19 in 1972 and served for twenty years and was awarded the Territorial Decoration in 1993. He was the President of the Oxford University Conservative Association in 1973. He was employed by Chartered Consolidated Ltd 1975–1984. Dragon School logo School House at the Dragon School, on Bardwell Road. ... Wellington College, the national monument to the Duke of Wellington, is an English public school, located in the Berkshire village of Crowthorne. ... College name The Kings Hall and College of Brasenose Latin name aula regia et collegium aenei nasi Named after Bronze door knocker Established 1509 Sister college Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge Principal Prof. ... Euclid, Greek mathematician, 3rd century BC, as imagined by by Raphael in this detail from The School of Athens. ... London Business School, in London (UK), established in 1965, is an international business school and a constituent college of the University of London, providing postgraduate degrees in finance and management, including MBA (Master of Business Administration) courses, as well as non-degree courses for business executives. ... The Territorial Army (TA) is a part of the British Army, the land armed forces of the United Kingdom, and composed mostly of part-time soldiers paid at the same rate, while engaged on military activities, as their Regular equivalents. ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... The Territorial Decoration (TD) was a United Kingdom military medal, also known as the Territorial Efficiency Decoration, which was given to officers for long service in the Territorial Army. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) 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 Oxford University Conservative Association (OUCA) is a student political organization founded in 1924 whose members are drawn from Oxford University. ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ... 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Julian Brazier contested the 1983 General Election at Berwick-upon-Tweed, but was comfortably defeated by the Liberal MP Alan Beith by 8,215 votes. In 1984, he became a management consultant with H.B. Maynard International. He contested the safe Conservative seat of Canterbury at the 1987 General Election following the retirement of the sitting MP Sir David Crouch. He held the seat comfortably and Julian Brazier was thus elected as the Conservative MP for Canterbury with a majority of 14,891. He has remained as the MP for Canterbury since. The UK general election, 1983 was held on June 9, 1983 and gave the Conservatives and Margaret Thatcher the most decisive election victory since that of Labour in 1945. ... Berwick-upon-Tweed is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... This article is about the historic Liberal Party. ... Alan Beith The Right Honourable Alan James Beith April 20, 1943) British politician, and the Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for Berwick-upon-Tweed. ... Margaret Thatcher David Steel Election 1987 Titles The United Kingdom general election of 1987 was held on 11 June 1987 and was the third consecutive victory for the Conservative Party under the leadership of Margaret Thatcher. ... Look up sir in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... David Lance Crouch (23 June 1919 - 18 February 1998) was Conservative Party (UK) Member of Parliament for Canterbury from 1966 until he retired in 1987. ...

Parliamentary career

Within parliament, Brazier became the Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) to the Minister of State at the Treasury Gillian Shepherd. He remained Shepherd's PPS after the 1992 General Election in her new capacity as the Secretary of State for Employment, he resigned in 1993 as a protest against defence cuts. He was awarded the 'Backbencher of the Year' at the annual Spectator awards in 1996. Following the 1997 General Election, he became a member of the Defence Select Committee. “Houses of Parliament” redirects here. ... A Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) is a junior role given to a United Kingdom Member of Parliament (MP). ... Minister of State is a title borne by officials in certain countries governed under the parliamentary system. ... The new eastern entrance to HM Treasury HM Treasury, in full Her Majestys Treasury, informally The Treasury, is the United Kingdom government department responsible for developing and executing the UK Governments financial and economic policy. ... The Right Honourable Gillian Shephard née Watts (born January 22, 1940) is an English Conservative politician, the member of Parliament for South West Norfolk, and a former Secretary of State. ... The United Kingdom general election of 1992 was held on 9 April 1992. ... Minister of Labour re-directs here. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) 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). ... Cover of the Nov 12, 2005 issue of The Spectator magazine. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... The UK general election, 1997 was arguably the largest and one of the most significant election Victory of the twentieth century (Labour won 418 seats- More than the liberals in 1906). ... The Ministry of Defence (MOD) is the United Kingdom government department responsible for implementation of government defence policy and the headquarters of the British Armed Forces. ... 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. ...

It was not until after the 2001 General Election that Julian Brazier was given a job by Iain Duncan Smith, initially as an Opposition Whip in 2001, he became a spokesman on Work and Pensions in 2002. He was briefly Home Affairs spokesman in 2003, before being moved later in the year by the new Leader of the Opposition Michael Howard to be a spokesman on International Affairs. Brazier remains on the frontbench after the 2005 General Election as a spokesman on Transport. 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. ... Rt. ... In politics, a whip is a member of a political party in a legislature whose task is to ensure that members of the party attend and vote as the party leadership desires. ... 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Department for Work and Pensions is a department of the Government of the United Kingdom, created on June 8, 2001 from the merger of the Employment part of the Department for Education and Employment and the Department of Social Security. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... The modern concept of Small Office and Home Office or SoHo , or Small or Home Office deals with the category of business which can be from 1 to 10 workers. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Leader of the Opposition is a title traditionally held by the leader of the largest party not in government in a Westminster System of parliamentary government. ... The Rt Hon. ... The Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Whitehall, seen from St. ... The United Kingdom general election of 2005 was held on Thursday, 5 May 2005. ...

Julian Brazier is a member of the Cornerstone Group of Conservative MPs. This group is considered to be on the right of the Conservative Party, and away from the more centrist direction of the leadership. Many Cornerstone members are also within the Better Off Out Group, advocating EU withdrawal, however Julian Brazier has not advocated this position in public.

Because of his military background, he has a special interest in the armed forces and has long been an advocate of military issues in the House of Commons. As a practising Roman Catholic, Brazier has been a long standing defender of traditional family values. Brazier supported a bill put forth by Laurence Robertson in June 2005 that would almost entirely ban abortion. [1] The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... The Roman Catholic Church, most often spoken of simply as the Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with over one billion members. ... This article is about family values as a political concept. ... Laurence Anthony Robertson (born 29 March 1958, Bolton) is a British politician. ...

Personal life

Julian Brazier has been married to Katherine Elizabeth Blagden since 1984, and they have three sons. He is the son-in-law of Brigadier Paddy Blagden, a United Nations de-mining expert. Brigadier Patrick Paddy Blagden is a retired British Army Brigadier, and the United Nations foremost expert on de-mining. ... The foundation of the U.N. The United Nations (UN) is an international organization whose stated aims are to facilitate co-operation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress and human rights issues. ...

Road Accident

In 2002, he was given a four-month suspended sentence following the death of a motorcyclist in a traffic accident in Italy.

He was driving on the wrong side of the road approaching a sharp bend when he hit a motorcyclist, 42-year old Carlo Civitelli, near Siena. He used his TA training to give Mr Civitelli first aid at the scene, but the man died three days later. Italian police found that Mr Civitelli's helmet was not properly fitted and that he was probably speeding.

After the verdict, Julian Brazier said in a statement: "I am still deeply saddened by the tragic consequences of my lapse of attention. My thoughts are with the Civitelli family whose reaction to the whole terrible business has been so generous". He also said "as a parent, I shall carry the memory of this man's death with me for the rest of my life." [2]

Since this accident, Julian Brazier has shown a great interest in road safety issues in politics.

External links

• Julian Brazier TD MP official site
• Julian Brazier MP biography at the site of the Conservative Party
• ePolitix.com — Julian Brazier
• Guardian Unlimited Politics — Ask Aristotle: Julian Brazier MP
• TheyWorkForYou.com — Julian Brazier MP
• The Public Whip — Julian Brazier MP voting record
• [3] profile February 2006
• Italian traffic death