Mark Gino Francois (born August 14, 1965 in London) is a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. He has been Member of Parliament for Rayleigh since 2001. He is a whip. Since September 2004, he has been Shadow Minister for Economic Affairs. August 14 is the 226th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (227th in leap years), with 139 days remaining. ... 1965 was a common year starting on Friday (link goes to calendar). ... The clock tower of the Palace of Westminster, which contains Big Ben London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England. ... 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. ... Rayleigh is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... 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. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A Shadow Minister is a member of the opposition party, not in power, who provides a counterpoint to the Minister of the government. ...

Before serving in Parliament, he served for four years on Basildon Council in the early 1990s. He stood for Brent East during the 1997 general election, and lost to Ken Livingstone (who later became the Mayor of London). The debating chamber or hemicycle of the European Parliament in Brussels. ... // Events and trends The 1990s are generally classified as having moved slightly away from the more conservative 1980s, but otherwise retaining the same mindset. ... Brent East is constituency of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... The UK general election, 1997 was held on 1 May 1997. ... The current Mayor of London, Ken Livingstone. ...

He attended the University of Bristol and the University of London where he read for Bachelors and Masters degrees in History and War Studies respectively. The University of Bristol is a university in Bristol in the United Kingdom. ... Senate House, designed by Charles Holden home to the universitys central administration offices and its library The University of London is a federation of colleges which together constitute one of the worlds largest universities. ...

He served as an officer the Territorial Army, including with the local Royal Anglian Regiment.

He served on the staff of Margaret Thatcher, and later worked in a political consulting firm. Prior to the election of 2001, he worked as a self-employed consultant. The Right Honourable Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, LG, OM, PC, FRS (born October 13, 1925), is a British stateswoman and was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990, also Leader of the Opposition from 1975, and the only woman to date to hold the former... The UK general election, 2001 was held on 7 June 2001 and was dubbed the quiet landslide by the media. ...

External links

• Guardian Unlimited Politics - Ask Aristotle: Mark Francois MP
• TheyWorkForYou.com - Mark Francois MP