Peter Luff

Peter Luff

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name = Peter Luff
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constituency_MP = Mid Worcestershire
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term_start = 1 May 1997
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majority = 13,327 (27.7%)
predecessor = "new constituency"
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birth_place = Windsor, Berkshire
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nationality = British
spouse = Julia Jenks
party = Conservative
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alma_mater = Corpus Christi College, Cambridge
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Peter James Luff MP (born 18 February, 1955) is a British politician. He is a Conservative member of Parliament, having represented the new Mid Worcestershire since the 1997 general election, and Worcester from 1992 until 1997.

Early life

Peter Luff was born in the Berkshire town of Windsor and attended the local Windsor Grammar School (now the comprehensive [http://www.wbsweb.org.uk Windsor Boys' School] ) on "Maidenhead Road". He studied at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, receiving a BA in Economics in 1976, then an MA.Before entering parliament he worked for three years from 1977 as a research assistant to the Conservative MP Peter Walker, before heading up Edward Heath's private office for two years from 1980. He became the managing director of [http://www.goodrelations.co.uk Good Relations Ltd] , a public affairs company in 1982. In 1987 he became a special adviser to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, David Young. He became a senior consultant for Lowe Bell Communications (now [http://www.bell-pottinger.co.uk Bell Pottinger Communications] ) in 1989, before again working for Good Relations from 1990.

Parliamentary career

He contested Holborn and St Pancras at the 1987 General Election, but was comfortably beaten by the sitting Labour MP, Frank Dobson. He was first elected to Parliament for Worcester, when he succeeded his former boss, Peter Walker. Following changes in the parliamentary constituency boundaries he moved seats to the new Worcestershire Mid, defeating the sitting Conservative MP, Eric Forth for the nomination. He won the seat comfortably and has been a member of the House of Commons since 1992.

In Parliament he was appointed a Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) in 1993 to the energy minister Tim Eggar, from 1996 he served as PPS to both Ann Widdecombe the prisons minister at the Home Office and Lord Mackay the Lord Chancellor, he held these two positions simultaneously until the defeat of the Conservative government at the 1997 general election. He has served on many parliamentary select committees including chairing the Agriculture (1997-2000), and since 2005 he had been the chair of the Trade and Industry Committee.

He is the founder member of the Parliamentary Hunting with Hounds [http://www.themiddlewaygroup.org.uk Middle Way Group] , and takes a keen parliamentary interest in India.

Personal life

He married Julia Jenks in 1982. They have a son and daughter.

External links

* [http://www.peterluff.org.uk Peter Luff MP] official site
* [http://politics.guardian.co.uk/person/0,9290,-3228,00.html Guardian Unlimited Politics - Ask Aristotle: Peter Luff MP]
* [http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/peter_luff/mid_worcestershire TheyWorkForYou.com - Peter Luff MP]
* [http://www.themiddlewaygroup.org.uk/ The Parliamentary Middle Way Group]
* [http://dmoz.org/Regional/Europe/United_Kingdom/Society_and_Culture/Politics/Parties/Conservative/MPs/Luff,_Peter/ Open Directory Project - Peter Luff MP] directory category

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