Robert Syms

Robert Syms

Infobox MP
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name = Robert Syms
honorific-suffix = MP


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constituency_MP = Poole
parliament =
term_start = 1 May 1997
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majority = 5,988 (14.8%)
predecessor = John Devereux Ward
successor =
birth_date = Birth date and age|1956|08|15|df=yes
birth_place = Chippenham, Wiltshire
death_date =
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nationality = British
spouse = (1) Nicola Guy div. 1999
(2) Fiona Mellersh
party = Conservative
relations =
children =
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Robert Andrew Raymond Syms (born 15 August 1956, Chippenham) is a politician in the United Kingdom.

He is Conservative Party Member of Parliament for Poole in Dorset,

Early life

Educated at Colston's School. He was leader of North Wiltshire District Council from 1984-7 and a Wiltshire County Councillor from 1985-97. He was managing director of his family's plant hire firm on "Bristol Road" in Chippenham.

Parliamentary career

He contested Walsall North in 1992. He was elected to the House of Commons in the 1997 general election.

Personal life

He married Nicola Guy in March 1991 in Chippenham, but divorced in 1999. He married Fiona Mellersh in February 2000 in Kensington. They have a daughter (born July 2000) and a son (born November 2001).

External links

* [http://www.robertsymsmp.com Robert Syms] official site
* [http://politics.guardian.co.uk/person/0,9290,-5087,00.html Guardian Unlimited Politics - Ask Aristotle: Robert Syms MP]
* [http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/robert_syms/poole TheyWorkForYou.com - Robert Syms MP]
* [http://www.publicwhip.org.uk/mp.php?mpn=Robert_Syms&mpc=Poole The Public Whip - Robert Syms MP] voting record
* [http://www.pooleconservatives.org Poole Conservatives]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/mpdb/html/461.stm BBC News - Robert Syms MP] profile 30 March, 2006


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