Exchequer secretary to the Treasury
Conservative, Herefordshire South West
Date of birth: 8 October 1971
Education: Northgate High School, Ipswich; St Edmund Hall, Oxford (BA law 1993); College of Law, Chester (legal practice course 1995)
Married: Rachel Rank, 2000
Children: Three sons
Profession: solicitor
Non-political career: Parliamentary research assistant to Barry Legg MP 1993-94; trainee solicitor and solicitor, Richards Butler 1995-99; solicitor, Macfarlanes 1999-2005
Professional bodies: Law Society 1997
Hobbies: Football, cricket, country walks
Supported charities: Friends of Watersmeet; Hospice of St Francis; Iain Rennie Hospice at Home; The Peace Hospice (Watford)
Clubs: Rickmansworth Conservative Club; Tring Conservative Club
Electoral history
Contested Brent East 2001 general election. Member for South West Hertfordshire 2005-10, for South West Hertfordshire (revised boundary) since 6 May 2010 general election
Commons career
Shadow exchequer secretary to the Treasury 2007-10
Commons select committees
Procedure 2005-07; Treasury 2006-07; Joint Committee on Tax Law Rewrite Bills 2009
All-party groups (office-holding)
Vice-chairman, Child and Youth Crime Group 2007 to present
Political interests
Financial services, education, Europe
Party posts
Deputy chair, Brent East Conservative Association 1998-2000
Memberships
Conservative Friends of Israel 2000 to present; Centre for Policy Studies 2003 to present
