Theresa Anne Villiers (born March 5, 1968, London) is a British Conservative politician, and the Member of Parliament for Chipping Barnet. 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. ... This article is about the day. ... Year 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar) of the 1968 Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... 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. ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a parliament. ... Chipping Barnet is a parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdoms House of Commons. ...

Theresa was educated at the University of Bristol, where she took a First Class degree in Law (1990) and went on to obtain a BCL from Jesus College, Oxford (1991). After graduating she worked as a barrister and as a lecturer (1994-99) at King's College London. The University of Bristol is a university in Bristol, England. ... and of the Jesus College College name Jesus College in the University of Oxford of Queen Elizabeths Foundation Named after Jesus Christ Established 1571 Sister college Jesus College, Cambridge Principal The Lord Krebs JCR President Paolo Wyatt Undergraduates 340 MCR President Jahan Zahid Graduates 160 Location Turl Street, Oxford... // Artists impression of an English barrister A barrister is a lawyer found in many common law jurisdictions which employ a split profession (as opposed to a fused profession) in relation to legal representation. ... Kings College London is the largest college of the University of London and one of a number of university institutions founded in England in the early 19th century: only the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge have royal charters predating that of Kings. ...

Political career

She was elected Member of the European Parliament for the London constituency in 1999, re-elected in 2004, standing down after the 2005 general election she was elected as the Member of Parliament for Chipping Barnet. A Member of the European Parliament (English abbreviation MEP)[1] is a member of the European Unions directly-elected legislative body, the European Parliament. ... London is a constituency of the European Parliament. ... The United Kingdom general election of 2005 was held on Thursday, 5 May 2005. ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a parliament. ... Chipping Barnet is a parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdoms House of Commons. ...

As an MEP her main interests were finance and financial services, the preservation of London's green belt, Cyprus, animal welfare and campaigning against the Euro and the European Constitution. She served as Deputy Leader of the Conservatives in the European Parliament between 2001 and 2002. She also served as a member of the governing board of the Conservative Party during this period. This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... For other uses of the word Greenbelt, see Greenbelt (disambiguation). ... “EUR” redirects here. ... The Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe, commonly referred to as the European Constitution, is an international treaty intended to create a constitution for the European Union. ...

In 2003, following Sir Sydney Chapman's announcement that he would retire at the following election, Villiers was selected as the Conservative parliamentary candidate for Chipping Barnet. Although Chapman's majority at the 2001 election was only 2,701 Chipping Barnet was considered a "safe" Conservative seat, and in the General Election Villiers held the seat with an increased majority of 5,960. She resigned her seat as an MEP, which under the list system was filled by the next candidate on the Conservatives London regional list - Syed Kamall. Sir Sydney Chapman (politician) Sydney Chapman (astronomer) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... The United Kingdom general election of 7 June 2001 was dubbed as the quiet landslide by the media. ... Syed Kamall Syed Salah Kamall (born February 15, 1967) British Conservative Party politician. ...

In December 2005, following the election of David Cameron as Conservative leader, Villiers was promoted to the Shadow Cabinet after just seven months in Parliament, as Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury. In July 2007, Cameron promoted her to Shadow Secretary of State for Transport. 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. ... The Official Loyal Opposition Shadow Cabinet (normally referred to simply as The Shadow Cabinet) is, in British parliamentary practice, a group of members from Her Majestys Loyal Opposition whose job it is to scrutinise their opposite numbers in government and come up with alternative policies. ... The Shadow Cabinet (also called the Shadow Front Bench) is a senior group of opposition spokespeople in the Westminster system of government who together under the leadership of the Leader of the Opposition (or the leader of other smaller opposition parties) form an alternative cabinet to the governments, whose... The Chief Secretary to the Treasury is a junior position in the British Cabinet. ...

Villiers supported the temporary suspension of Ken Livingstone by the Adjudication Panel for England, who examined the case after a complaint from the Board of Deputies of British Jews to the Standards Board for England. Kenneth Robert Livingstone (born June 17, 1945) is an English politician who became Mayor of London on the creation of the post in 2000. ... The Adjudication Panel for England is an independent judicial tribunal set up under the Local Government Act 2000. ... // The Board of Deputies of British Jews is the main representative body of British Jewry. ... The Standards Board for England was set up under the Local Government Act 2000. ...

Quotations

• "The European Union has been one of the greatest offenders in excluding developing countries from participating in European markets. There is simply no way that impoverished African farmers can compete with the subsidies given to farmers under the Common Agricultural Policy."
• "The (European) Constitution is designed to create a country called Europe and give ever more power to Brussels at the expense of nationally elected governments. I think that's bad for democracy, bad for Britain and bad for Europe."

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Trivia

Villiers is part of an old English political family and is related to the 1st and 2nd Dukes of Buckingham, the former being First Minister under James I and the latter a member of the CABAL cabinet under Charles II. James Stuart (19 June 1566 – 27 March 1625) was King of Scots as James VI, and King of England and King of Ireland as James I. He ruled in Scotland as James VI from 24 July 1567, when he was only one year old. ... Charles II (29 May 1630 – 6 February 1685) was the King of England, Scotland, and Ireland. ...

External links

• Theresa Villiers official site
• Guardian Unlimited Politics - Ask Aristotle: Theresa Villiers MP
• TheyWorkForYou.com - Theresa Villiers MP

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