Simon Robert Key known as Robert Key (born 22 April1945, Plymouth) is a Conservative politician in the United Kingdom. April 22 is the 112th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (113th in leap years). ... 1945 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Smeatons tower on Plymouth Hoe Plymouth is a city in the South West of England, or alternatively the Westcountry, and is situated within the traditional county of Devon. ... The Conservative Party is the largest political party on the centre-right in the United Kingdom. ...
He is Member of Parliament for Salisbury, and has been an MP since 1983. He served as a front-bench spokesman during the leaderships of William Hague and Iain Duncan Smith but is now a backbencher and a member of the Defence Select Committee. 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. ... Salisbury is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... 1983 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... William Hague The Right Honourable William Jefferson Hague (born March 26, 1961) is a British politician and former leader of the Conservative Party. ... Iain Duncan Smith The Right Honourable George Iain Duncan Smith (born April 9, 1954) is a British politician. ... A backbencher is a Member of Parliament or a legislature who does not hold governmental office and is not a Front Bench spokesperson in the Opposition. ...
He is the son of John Maurice Key who was the 10th Bishop of Truro. The diocese of Truro is one of the younger dioceses of the Church of England having been formed in 1876. ...
In 2005 he won re-election with an increased majority.
External links
Robert Key official site
Guardian Unlimited Politics - Ask Aristotle: Robert Key MP
RobertKey MP for Salisbury and Shadow Minister for Science meets with Mike Lloyd, Managing Director of Whiteparish based Company ML Electronics to learn the secret of their success over the past 12 months and discuss recruitment challenges facing local employers today.
RobertKey MP for Salisbury visited ML Electronics last Friday 17th December with a view to finding out just what it is that makes this small company such a local success story.
RobertKey was impressed to hear about Mike’s record for staff retention as in today’s fast-moving world this is becoming a rarity and as MLE continue to expand this will be important in ensuring their continuing success.
Robert William Trevor Key (born East Dulwich, London on 12 May 1979) is an English cricketer who plays for the England cricket team and Kent County Cricket Club.
Key played in the England side that won the Under-19 World Cup in South Africa in 1998, but Key only played his first Test match in 2002 against India after Marcus Trescothick broke a thumb and Graham Thorpe withdrew from Test cricket as a result of personal problems.
Key toured in Australia in 2002/3 and played at home against Zimbabwe in 2003, but he did not play Test cricket for England again until July 2004, after Key scored 1,000 first-class runs by 2 June and Mark Butcher sustained a whiplash injury.