Adrian John Flook

Adrian John Flook (born 9 July 1963) is a Conservative politician in the United Kingdom, and a former Member of Parliament (MP).

At the 1997 general election, he stood unsuccessfully in the safe Labour Party constituency of Pontefract and Castleford.

At the 2001 general election, he was elected as MP for Taunton, taking the traditionally Conservative seat that had been captured by the Liberal Democrat Jackie Ballard at the 1997 election. He served only one term, losing his seat at the 2005 election to the Liberal Democrat Jeremy Browne. While in Parliament he served on the Select Committee on Culture, Media and Sport.

Flook now works for the public relations firm , where he has performed pro bono work on behalf of the so-called NatWest Three.

Flook was educated at King Edward School, Bath and Oxford University. He was a stockbroker before entering parliament. He married Frangelica O'Shea in 2003, giving birth to a daughter, Clementine Alexia, in 2005.

Private sector career

* Stockbroker 1985-98
** UBS Warburg
** Societe Generale
* Consultant for Financial Dynamics 1998-2002
* M: Communications 2005-

Footnotes

References

* Debrett's People of Today

External links

* [http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/adrian_flook/taunton theyworkforyou.com] entry
* [http://www.publicwhip.org.uk/mp.php?mpn=Adrian_Flook&mpc=Taunton publicwhip.org.uk] entry