Shailesh Vara

Shailesh Lakhman Vara (born September 4, 1960) is a British Conservative Party politician. He was elected Member of Parliament for North West Cambridgeshire in the 2005 general election, succeeding Brian Mawhinney as the Conservative MP for the seat. Shailesh Vara has previously been a Vice-Chairman of the Conservative party. Image File history File links Shaileshvara. ... Image File history File links Shaileshvara. ... September 4 is the 247th day of the year (248th in leap years). ... 1960 was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 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. ... Cambridgeshire North West is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... Barring a change in the law, the next general election in the United Kingdom must be held some time before June 30, 2006. ... The Right Honourable Brian Stanley Mawhinney, Baron Mawhinney, PC (born 26 July 1940) is a British politician. ...

Early Life

Born in Uganda to Hindu Indian Immigrants, Idi Amin's "Africanise" policy forced his family to emigrate along with a number of Asian who had lived there for several generations. A Hindu is an adherent of Hinduism, the predominant religious, philosophical and cultural systems of Bharat (India) and Nepal. ... Idi Amin on a ten Shilling note Idi Amin Dada Oumee (May 17, 1928 Kampala, Uganda – August 16, 2003, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia) was an army officer and President of Uganda (1971 to 1979) whose regime was notorious for its brutality. ...

His father emigrated to Kenya from Gujarat at 17 and his mother was born in Uganda. Vara came to Britain with his family from Uganda in 1964 when he was 4. Gujarat (ગુજરાત in Gujarati) is the most industrialized state in India after Maharashtra and is located in western India, bordered by Pakistan to the northwest and Rajasthan to the north. ...

Vara was educated at Aylesbury Grammar School and Brunel University and qualified as a solicitor. He worked in the City and West End of London, and during 1989-1990, he worked in Hong Kong. Has been a senior legal adviser and business consultant for London First, and is vice-president of the Small Business Bureau. Founded in 1598 in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire by Sir Henry Lee, Aylesbury Grammar School will celebrate 100 years on its current site in 2007. ... Brunel University is one of the new British universities, having been founded within the last half century. ...

He also has a Black belt in Tae Kwon Do and set up his own club where he taught for a while. In many martial arts, each practitioners level is marked by the colour of the belt. ... Taekwondo is the Korean national sport and martial art, and is also one of the worlds most commonly practiced sports. ...

Shailesh and his wife Beverley Vara, live with their son, Sam, in Cambridgeshire. Cambridgeshire (abbreviated Cambs) is a county in England, bordering Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the northeast, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfordshire to the south, and Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire to the west. ...

Political Career

Election 2005

Vara has been involved with the Conservative party since the late 1980s and has held various posts at local, regional and national levels. As Vice Chairman of the Party he had a broad range of responsibilities. These included advising Michael Howard, deputising for the Party Chairman, Party spokesman with the media and looking after Conservative Future (which comprises the 10,000 or so people in the party under 30). Image File history File links Shi. ... Image File history File links Shi. ... Michael Howard The Right Honourable Michael Howard, QC, MP (born July 7, 1941) is a British politician and caretaker Leader of the Opposition and the Conservative Party, having formally resigned the post on 7 October 2005. ...

Vara was elected Member of Parliament for Cambridgeshire North West in May 2005. Shailesh Vara has previously contested the Birmingham Ladywood seat at the 1997 general election, which Clare Short held on to, and Northampton South in the 2001 general election, which Vera failed to win by only 885 votes. Cambridgeshire North West is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... Birmingham Ladywood is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... The 1 May 1997 UK general election brought the first change in UK Government for 18 years. ... The Right Honourable Clare Short (born February 15, 1946) is a British Labour Party politician. ... Northampton South is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... The United Kingdom general election of 7 June 2001 was dubbed as the quiet landslide by the media. ...

At the Tory Conference in 2000, he was awarded the accolade of official "rising star" of the party, with Lord Alexander of Weedon describing him as a "future Conservative Party leader". Date of birth: 5 September 1936 Education: MA English and Law, King’s College, Cambridge Professional career: 1961 Called to the Bar, Middle Temple 1973 Appointed Queen’s Counsel 1983 Appointed Queen’s Counsel, New South Wales, Australia 1985-1986 Chairman Bar Council 1987-1989 Chairman of the Takeover Panel...

In the run up to the 2001 general election, Shailesh was a member of the Party's manifesto teams for Law and Order and Legal Affairs.

In 2003, Shailesh was invited by the US government to take part in their "Young European Leaders" programme in which he was elected group leader by his fellow delegates from 12 countries.

In the 2005 Conservative leadership bid, Shailesh Vara supported David Davis. David Davis The Right Honourable David Michael Davis (born December 23, 1948) is a British politician, Conservative MP for Haltemprice and Howden and Shadow Home Secretary. ...

See also

• Conservative Future

Conservative Future is the youth movement of the British Conservative Party. ...

External links

• www.shaileshvara.com
• Conservative party - Shailesh Vara
• Guardian Unlimited Politics - Ask Aristotle: Shailesh Vara MP
• TheyWorkForYou.com - Shailesh Vara MP
• Guardian - Class of 2005