- Humfrey Malins
Infobox MP
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name = Humfrey Malins
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constituency_MP = Woking
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term_start =1 May 1997
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majority = 6,612 (14.4%)
predecessor =Cranley Onslow
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constituency_MP2 =Croydon North West
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term_start2 =9 June 1983
term_end2 =9 April 1992
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predecessor2 =Bill Pitt
successor2 =Malcolm Wicks
birth_date = Birth date and age|1945|7|31|df=yes
birth_place =Nuneaton
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nationality = British
spouse = Lynda Malins
party = Conservative
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alma_mater =Brasenose College, Oxford
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footnotes =Humfrey Jonathon Malins CBE (born
31 July 1945 ,Nuneaton ) is a British politician, and ConservativeMember of Parliament for Woking.Early life
Malins was educated at
St John's School, Leatherhead andBrasenose College, Oxford , gaining a MA in Jurispudence in 1967. He qualified as a solicitor in 1971, and worked in a major Surrey law firm from 1975 to 1988. From 1973 to 1983, Malins was a member ofMole Valley District Council.Parliamentary career
He contested Liverpool Toxteth in both 1974 general elections and Lewisham East in the 1979 general election.
In the 1983 general election he was elected MP for Croydon North West, beating by-election victor
Bill Pitt . He spent much of his time on the backbenches, and was alsoParliamentary Private Secretary toTimothy Renton from 1987 to 1989 and thenVirginia Bottomley from 1989 to 1992.In the 1992 general election he was defeated for re-election by the Labour candidate
Malcolm Wicks . Cast into the political wilderness, he soon found work as aMagistrate , and in 1996 became a Recorder at theCrown Court . In 1997 he was made aCommander of the Order of the British Empire for services to immigration policy.At the 1997 general election he was able to be selected for the usually safe Conservative seat of Woking, but won the seat with a much reduced majority. On his return to Parliament, he became a member of the
Home Affairs Select Committee .Malins supported
Ken Clarke 's failed bid in the 2001 leadership contest, but nonetheless was appointed toIain Duncan Smith 'sfront bench team as a junior home affairs spokesman.In March 2003 he resigned from the opposition front bench in protest at their support of the Invasion of Iraq. He was later re-appointed to the front bench when
Michael Howard became leader in November 2003, but has returned to the backbenches underDavid Cameron .Malins has consistently voted to retain
Section 28 and against allowing gay couples to adopt.Personal life
He married Lynda on July 21 1979 in
Greenwich . They have a son Harry (born 16th May 1985) and daughter, Katherine.External links
* [http://politics.guardian.co.uk/person/0,9290,-3322,00.html Guardian Unlimited Politics - Ask Aristotle: Humfrey Malins MP]
* [http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/humfrey_malins/woking TheyWorkForYou.com - Humfrey Malins MP]
* [http://www.conservatives.com/tile.do?def=people.person.page&personID=4519 Conservative Party profile]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/mpdb/html/638.stm BBC Politics page]
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