Right Honourable Michael John Mates (born 9 June 1934) is a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. He is member of Parliament for East Hampshire. He is a Member of the Privy Council. Jump to: navigation, search June 9 is the 160th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (161st in leap years), with 205 days remaining. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1934 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search 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. ... Hampshire East is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... A privy council is a body that advises the head of state of a nation, especially in a monarchy. ...

He was first elected to Parliament in 1974, for Petersfield, Hampshire, and has represented East Hampshire since 1983. He has been a Chairman of the 1922 committee, and from 1992 to 1993 was Minister of State at the Northern Ireland Office. He resigned after a scandal involving fugitive businessman Asil Nadir. Before entering Parliament he was a Lieutenant Colonel in the Queen's Dragoon Guards. Jump to: navigation, search 1974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search Location within the British Isles The Statue of King William III marks the centre of Petersfield Petersfield is a market town in the English county of Hampshire, situated on the northern border of the South Downs. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1983 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search In British politics, the 1922 Committee consists of all backbench Conservative Members of Parliament, though when the party is in opposition, frontbench MPs other than the party leader may also attend its meetings. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1992 was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... 1993 is 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 Northern Ireland Office (NIO) is an arm of the United Kingdom government, responsible for Northern Ireland affairs. ...

Mates's son, James Mates, is a senior reporter and presenter for ITN. Corporate logo of Independent Television News Ltd Independent Television News (ITN) is the main supplier of news broadcasts to two British television groups: ITV and Channel 4. ...

External links

• Rt Hon Michael Mates official site
• Guardian Unlimited Politics - Ask Aristotle: Michael Mates MP
• TheyWorkForYou.com - Michael Mates MP