Mark Christopher Field (born October 6, 1964) is British Conservative Party politician and Member of Parliament to the Cities of London and Westminster. 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. ... October 6 is the 279th day of the year (280th in leap years). ... 1964 (MCMLXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1964 calendar). ... 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. ... 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. ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a parliament. ... Cities of London and Westminster is a constituency covering the area comprising the City of London and the City of Westminster in Central London. ...

Mark Field was born at the British Medical Hospital in Hanover, Germany, the son of a British Army officer father and German mother, was educated at the Reading School before attending St Edmund Hall, Oxford where he obtained a Master's degree in law in 1987 and was chairman of the Oxford University Conservative Association 1985-6. He finished his education at The College of Law in Chester where he qualified as a solicitor in 1988. Hanover (German: , IPA: ), on the river Leine, is the capital of the federal state of Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen), Germany. ... The British Army is the land armed forces branch of the British Armed Forces. ... Reading School is a grammar school in the town of Reading, Berkshire, England. ... College name St Edmund Hall Aula Sancti Edmundi Named after St Edmund of Abingdon Established 13th century, (c. ... “M.S.” redirects here. ... Lady Justice or Justitia is a personification of the moral force that underlies the legal system (particularly in Western art). ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The University of Oxford, located in the city of Oxford in England, is the oldest university in the English-speaking world. ... 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The College of Law (CoL) is a registered charity in the United Kingdom which provides legal training for students and professionals. ... For the larger local government district, see Chester City (district). ... A solicitor is a type of lawyer in many common law jurisdictions, such as the United Kingdom, Hong Kong, Republic of Ireland, Australia, New Zealand and Canada, but not the United States (in the United States the word has a quite different meaning—see below). ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In 1984 he became a personal assistant to the MP for Oxford West and Abingdon, John Patten, before working as a solicitor with Freshfields in 1990. He was a director of his own employment agency, Kellyfield Consulting between 1994 and 2001, when on election to parliament he sold his share of the business to a consortium led by his former business partner. Year 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar). ... Oxford West and Abingdon is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... John Haggitt Charles Patten, Baron Patten, PC, (born July 17, 1945) was a Conservative party Member of Parliament of Oxford West and Abingdon in the United Kingdom. ... Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is a leading international law firm providing business law advice throughout Europe (including the UK), the Middle East, Asia and the US. It has more than 2,400 lawyers in 27 key business centres around the world, and advises national and multinational corporations, financial institutions and governments. ... MCMXC redirects here; for the Enigma album, see MCMXC a. ... A consortium is an association of two or more individuals, companies, organisations or governments (or any combination of these entities) with the objective of participating in a common activity or pooling their resources for achieving a common goal. ...

He became the vice chairman of the Islington North Conservative Association for two years from 1989, and was elected as a councillor in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in 1994 before standing down after his election to the House of Commons in 2002. He contested the Conservative held seat of Enfield North at the 1997 general election following the retirement of the sitting MP Tim Eggar. However, 1997 was not a good year for the British Conservatives and he was defeated at the election by Labour's Joan Ryan by some 6,822 votes. Islington North is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (often abbreviated to RBKC) is a London borough in the west side of central London. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ... The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... Enfield North is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... The UK general election, 1997 was one of the largest election victories in the history of the twentieth century. ... Timothy John Crommelin Eggar (born 19 December 1951) is a British Conservative politician. ... The Labour Party has been, since its founding in the early 20th century, the principal political party of the left in England, Scotland and Wales. ... Joan Marie Ryan (born 8 September 1955, Warrington) is a politician in the United Kingdom. ...

In December 1999 he was selected to contest the safe Conservative seat of the Cities of London and Westminster following the retirement of the former Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Peter Brooke at the 2001 general election. Field was successful at the election and won the seat with a majority of 4,499 and has remained the MP there since. He made his maiden speech on June 27, 2001, in which he announced his great political hero was the former prime minister Andrew Bonar Law.[1] The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland is the British cabinet minister who has responsibility for the government of Northern Ireland. ... The Right Honourable Peter Leonard Brooke, Baron Brooke of Sutton Mandeville, PC (born March 3, 1934), is a British politician, a former Conservative Cabinet member, and former member of Parliament for the constituency of Cities of London & Westminster. He is the son of Henry Brooke, Baron Brooke of Cumnor, a... 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. ... A maiden speech is the first speech given by a newly elected representative in such bodies as the House of Commons or the United States House of Representatives. ... June 27 is the 178th day of the year (179th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 187 days remaining. ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is, in practice, the political leader of the United Kingdom. ... Andrew Bonar Law (16 September 1858 – 30 October 1923) was a Conservative Party British statesman and Prime Minister. ...

In parliament, Mark Field was a member of the Lord Chancellor's Department and the renamed Constitutional Affairs Select Committee for a year from 2003. He was made an Opposition Whip by Iain Duncan Smith in 2003, becoming the Shadow Minister for London later that year. Between May and December 2005 he was Shadow Financial Secretary to the Treasury. He became a spokesman on Culture, Media and Sport under the new leadership of David Cameron in 2005. The Lord Chancellors Department was a United Kingdom government department. ... The Department for Constitutional Affairs (DCA) is a United Kingdom government department. ... 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. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 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. ... Rt. ... The term treasury was first used in classical times to describe the votive buildings erected to house gifts to the gods, such as the Siphnian Treasury in Delphi or the many buildings put up in Olympia, Greece by competing city-states, to impress each other during the Ancient Olympic Games. ... DCMS Logo DCMS headquarters in Cockspur Street The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (sometimes abbreviated DCMS) is a department of the British government. ... David William Donald Cameron (born 9 October 1966) is the Leader of the Conservative Party and Leader of the Opposition in the United Kingdom, positions he has occupied since December 2005. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

He is opposed to the scheme of congestion charging introduced by the Mayor of London Ken Livingstone. The white-on-red C marks all entrances to the congestion charge zone although in some areas the charge zone is poorly signed, and accidental journeys into the zone can occur The London congestion charge is a fee for some motorists entering the Central London area. ... Ken Livingstone, the current Mayor of London The Mayor of London is an elected politician in London, United Kingdom. ... Kenneth Robert Livingstone (born June 17, 1945) is an English politician who became Mayor of London on the creation of the post in 2000. ...

He is married to celebrity agent, Victoria Elphicke, with whom he lives in Westminster and Mallorca. His first marriage to Michele Acton, a former director of Hong Kong Shanghai Investment Bank ended in divorce in 2006 subsequent to revelations of Fields' adultery with Conservative Party candidate Elizabeth Truss. The couple had no children. For the record label, see Divorce Records. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... Adultery is voluntary sexual intercourse between a married person and a partner other than the lawful spouse. ... 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. ...

He takes an interest in Parkinson's Disease, and has been a keen supporter of Bury F.C. since boyhood. Bury Football Club are an English association football team based in Bury, Lancashire. ...

His constituency takes in most of the famous sites of London and is very much the heart of the country, the seat includes St Paul's Cathedral, Westminster Abbey, the Tower of London, Buckingham Palace, Piccadilly Circus, Trafalgar Square, Whitehall and the Houses of Parliament. This article is about the cathedral church of the diocese of London. ... The Collegiate Church of St Peter, Westminster, which is almost always referred to by its original name of Westminster Abbey, is a mainly Gothic church, on the scale of a cathedral (and indeed often mistaken for one), in Westminster, London, just to the west of the Palace of Westminster. ... Her Majestys Royal Palace and Fortress The Tower of London, more commonly known as the Tower of London (and historically simply as The Tower), is a historic monument in central London, England on the north bank of the River Thames. ... Buckingham Palace and the Victoria Memorial. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Trafalgar Square viewed from the northeast corner. ... Whitehall, London, looking south towards the Houses of Parliament. ...

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External links

• Mark Field official site
• ePolitix.com - Mark Field MP
• Guardian Unlimited Politics - Ask Aristotle: Mark Field MP
• TheyWorkForYou.com - Mark Field MP
• The Public Whip - Mark Field MP voting record