Members Of Parliament in High Wycombe - Bucks Free Press

MPs: Steve Baker MP; Keith Taylor MEP;

Wycombe (House of Commons)

Mr Steve Baker MP (Conservative)

Surgery: Make a surgery appointment in High Wycombe

Surgery Tel: 01494 448408

MP Since - 2010 Majority - 9,560 Born - 19. Married. Has 5 Godchildren.
Education - Southampton University (Aerospace Systems Engineering). St Cross College, Oxford University (Computer Science).

Previous Occupation - Royal Air Force - Engineer Officer (1992-99). Chartered Engineer (through the Royal Aeronautical Society). Head of Client Services at DecisionSoft Ltd (2000-01). Director of Product Development at CoreFiling Ltd (2005-06). Chief Technology Officer at BASDA Ltd (2002-07). Architect, Prime Services Support and Control at Lehman Brothers (2006-08). Is an Owner of Ambriel Consulting Ltd. Corporate Affairs Director at The Cobden Centre (2009-10).

Personal Overview - Inherited this safe Conservative seat at the 2010 elections. Has a career background initially in the RAF, traveling around the world working with Tornado and Jaguar aircraft, including peacekeeping operations over the former Yugoslavia. He then retrained in computing before embarking on a career in the IT sector, working in the UK, Europe, US and Japan with a number of companies and central and local government. He has core values of 'Achievement over process and humanity over bureaucracy'. His political aims include the reestablishment of a working system of parliamentary democracy, fostering peaceful community relations and extending both material and social prosperity through sound economics. He has helped to establish the Cobden Centre, which is an educational charity for social progress which has combined the expertise of academics, entrepreneurs, politicians and bankers. Amongst other things, this group have looked at reforming the banking system. He is also likely to show concern for issues associated with homelessness, having worked at the Wycombe Winter Night Shelter in Winters 08/09 and 09/10. Has also acted as a free consultant to the Centre for Social Justice (independent think tank established by Rt Hon Iain Duncan Smith MP in 2004 to seek effective solutions to the poverty that blight parts of Britain), assisting in the development of practical implementation plans. He is also likely to show concern for environmental issues, with his entire carbon footprint being offset by Clear Offset (http://www.clear-offset.com/).

Political History - MP Wycombe (2010-). Member of the Transport Select Committee (2010-).

Characteristics - His interests include Skydiving, Motorcycling, advanced driving, driving a rigid-hulled inflatable boat, (RHIB) and sailing fast catamarans. Attends a small Church near High Wycombe. Has held a military airworthiness licence.

Business Tel: 020 7219 3547
020 7219 5099

Email: steve.baker.mp@parliament.uk

Mr Steve Baker MP (Conservative) on Twitter

Bucks Free Press has no responsibility or control over the content on external blogging sites, but you can contact us if you have a complaint.

My blog

Interests: Environment,Aviation,Information Technology,Defence,Science & Technology,Housing,General Economy,Health

Commitee membership

• Transport Committee (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary Group on Adoption and Fostering (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary Group against Antisemitism (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary Group for Building Societies and Financial Mutuals (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary Group on Coeliac Disease and Dermatitis Herpetiformis (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary Group on Credit Unions (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary Group on Debt and Personal Finance (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary Group on Economics, Money and Banking (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary Engineering and IT Group (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary Group for Justice for Equitable Life Policy Holders (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary Furniture Industry Group (Member)
• Islamic Finance and Diversity in Financial Markets (Associate Group) (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary Group for Kashmir (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary Group for Looked after Children and Care Leavers (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary Group for Micro Businesses (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary Group on Poverty (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary Taxation Group (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary Group for Town Centres (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary Group for World Governance (Member)

South East (European Parliament)

Mr Keith Taylor MEP (Green)

MEP Since - 2010 Born - 01/08/1953. Partner (Lizzie).
Education - N/a.
Previous Occupation - Worked in sales (1972-1980). Self-employed/Co-Director of a local business (1980-1999). Regional Liaison Officer for Caroline Lucas MEP (2002-2007).

Personal Overview - Replaced the outgoing Caroline Lucas here in June 2010 after she was successful in her bid to become the Green party's first MP at Westminster. He is an experienced Councillor, having led the Green Group in Brighton for a number of years. He has also shown an interest in foreign affairs issues, as a Councillor was active in campaigning to secure the release of Brighton resident Omar Degayes from the Guantanamo Bay detention facility. He has also been involved in High Court action supporting families with Autistic children. Within the party, he has been a spokesperson on planning and regeneration as well as a Principal Speaker at the time when the party had not adopted a single leader. He has also been involved in policy development with the party election manifesto. Locally, he he is likely to have gained a good knowledge of his electoral region through his work for his predecessor.

Political History - Councillor, Brighton and Hove City Council (1999-2010). Green Group Leader (2001-08). Chair, Association of Green Councillors (2001-2002). Principal Speaker for the Green Party of England & Wales (2004-2006). Regeneration Spokesperson (2008-10). MEP South East Region (2010-). Member of the Afghanistan Delegation (2010-), Substitute member of the Palestinian Legislative Council (2010-) and the Iran Delegation (2010-). Member of the International Trade Committee (2010-) and the Transport and Tourism Committee (2010-). Substitute member of the Petitions Committee (2010-).

Other Information - Has been a Vice President of the UK’s Local Government Association Group in the European Parliament. Former representative for Brighton and Hove on the UN Peace Messenger City project and a City representative to the Local Government Association.

Intergroups - Member of the LGBT Rights Group.

Business Tel: +32 (0)2 28 45153

Email: keith.taylor@europarl.europa.eu

Interests: Environment,Economic Regeneration,Womans Issues,Regional Policy,Conservation

Commitee membership

• Petitions (Substitute)
• Transport & Tourism (Member)
• International Trade (Member)

Information supplied by Goveval. Send feedback to info@goveval.com