Saffron Walden
Con majority 12,004

Chairman, Ways and Means and Deputy Speaker

Parents
Son of late John and Alice Haselhurst
DATE OF BIRTH
June 23, 1937

Educated
King Edward VI School, Birmingham
Cheltenham College

Further Education
Oriel College, Oxford

Employment
Executive, chemicals and plastic industry 1960 -70
Public Affairs Consultant 1974-97

Marital Details
Married April 16, 1977, Angela Margaret, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Bailey (2 sons 1 daughter)

Career
Secretary, Treasurer, Librarian, Oxford Union Society 1959-60
National Chairman, Young Conservatives 1966-68
M.P. for Middleton and Prestwich 1970-74
M.P. for Saffron Walden 1977-
P.P.S. to Home Secretary 1973-74
P.P.S. to Secretary of State for Education 1979-81
Member of the Select Committee on European Legislation 1982-97
Member of the Select Committee on Transport 1992-97
Member of the Select Committee on Catering 1992-97
Member of the Speaker's Panel of Chairmen 1992-97

Trusts, etc
Chairman, Commonwealth Youth Exchange Council 1978 - 81
Chairman of Trustees, Community Projects Foundation 1986-97
Fellow, Industry and Parliament Trust

Sports Clubs
Essex County Cricket Club, Executive Committee Member 1996-
Yorkshire County Cricket Club, Member 1996-
Middlesex County Cricket Club, Hon. Member 1996-

Honours
Knighted 1995, Privy Counsellor 1999

Recreations
Hi-fi, watching cricket, gardening

Publications
Occasionally Cricket (1999)
Eventually Cricket (2001)
Incidentally Cricket (2003)

Clubs
MCC

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last updated June, 2005