- Mark Spencer (politician)
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Mark Spencer MP Member of Parliament
for SherwoodIncumbent Assumed office
6 May 2010Preceded by Paddy Tipping Majority 214 (0.4%) Personal details Born 20 January 1970 Nationality British Political party Conservative Mark Steven Spencer (born 20 January 1970)[1] is an English Conservative Party politician. He was elected at the 2010 general election as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Sherwood.[2]
Born in 1970 Mark attended Lambley Primary School and Col Frank Seely School in Calverton. He then qualified at Shuttleworth Agricultural College in Bedfordshire, before joining the family farm business. A former dairy farm, the business has developed a retail arm and now employes around 50 local people.
Mark Spencer was elected in 2003 to Gedling District Council for the Ravenshead ward, and in 2005 he won the Calverton ward on Nottinghamshire County Council.
Mark's specialist subjects are most notably, energy and food security, agriculture, the environment, road safety and boosting the East Midlands economy. He was elected to the Environmental Audit Select Committee in 2010.
Mark sits of a number of All Party Parliamentary Groups including, the Coalfield Communities APPG, the APPG on Agriculture and Food and the Associate Parliamentary Sustainable Resource Group.
References
- ^ "Mark Spencer MP". BBC Democracy Live. BBC. http://news.bbc.co.uk/democracylive/hi/representatives/profiles/72306.stm. Retrieved 25 July 2010.
- ^ http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/59418/notices/1118281/from=2010-05-06;to=2010-05-19;all=returned+westminster/
External links
- Mark Spencer: Member of Parliament for Sherwood on the Conservative Party website
- Sherwood Conservatives
- Constituency website www.markspencermp.co.uk
- Interview after winning his seat in 2010 at Catch21
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