Members of Parliament for Abingdon - Herald Series

Member of Parliament for Henley

Party

Committees

Work & Pensions Committee, Chronic Pain Group, Thames Estuary Airport Group

Surgery Information

All of the surgeries run from 10am until 12noon on Saturday

Saturday 17th January 2009
Henley Town Hall

Saturday 31st January 2009
Watlington Comunity Office

Saturday 7th February 2009
Thame Town Hall

Saturday 14th March 2009
Woodcote Community Centre

Saturday 28th March 2009
Henley Town Hall

Friday 24th Apri

Surgery Telephone 01491 612 852

Surgery Email howelljm@parliament.uk

Biography

MP Since - 2008 Majority - 10,116 Born - 19.

Education - N/a.

Previous Occupation - Former presenter for BBC World Television. Former Partner in Ernst & Young (responsibilities included Eastern Europe after the fall of Communism). Has given media, presentation and visual communications training in several countries. A consultant to the management team at Dialogue, a communications firm in the planning sector as well as Savills Hepher Dixon (also gives political and communications advice on large and potentially contentious land and property developments). Has also advised several UK Governments on overseas aid and trade. Media Trainer for Write Angle PR.

Personal Overview - Retained the seat for the Conservatives at the June 2008 by-election caused by Boris Johnson's London Mayoral election victory and subsequent resignation. An experienced media trainer and PR advisor, he has trained spokesmen for several large UK firms including Ernst & Young and lawyers BP Collins. He has also trained diplomats from several Central and Eastern European countries as well as the Chief Executive of a large Ukrainian Telecommunications Company. Locally, he has been active trying to preserve local services, such as the Special Educational Needs Budget at the Berinsfield School. He has also opposed plans to build over green belt land, such as a local Gravel pit development and a proposal for 4,500 new houses south of Oxford. During the by-election his main opponents, the Liberal Democrats raised the issue of his opposition to Green Belt development while he was also a media advisor to several firms in the planning sector. Gained an early Select Committee membership upon entering Parliament.

Political History - Parish Councillor in Warborough. Councillor, Oxfordshire CC (2004-). Member for Henley (2008-). Member of the Work & Pensions Select Committee (2008-).

Characteristics - Local organist and choir director. OBE (2000).

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