Nick Hurd

The Honourable Nick Hurd MP
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for The Civil Society
Incumbent
Assumed office 15 May 2010
Prime Minister	David Cameron
Preceded by	Angela Smith
Member of Parliament for Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner Ruislip-Northwood (2005-2010)
Incumbent
Assumed office 5 May 2005
Preceded by	John Wilkinson
Majority	19,060 (38%)
Personal details
Born	13 May 1962 (1962-05-13) (age 49) City of Westminster, London, England
Political party	Conservative
Relations	The Rt Hon. The Lord Hurd (father)
Alma mater	Oxford University

Nicholas Richard Hurd (born 13 May 1962), known as Nick Hurd, is a United Kingdom Conservative Member of Parliament. He was elected Member for Ruislip-Northwood at the May 2005 general election with 47.7% of the votes. Hurd is currently Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Charities, Social Enterprise and Volunteering at the Cabinet Office in the Conservative-Liberal Democrat Coalition Government.

Early life

After Eton College and graduating from Oxford University, where he was a member of the Bullingdon Club with David Cameron^[1], he ran his own business and represented a British bank in Brazil. In 2002, he set up the Small Business Network to advise the Conservative Party on business policy. More recently, he worked as Chief of Staff to Tim Yeo MP, who at the time was Shadow Secretary of State for Environment and Transport, and in the Conservative Research Department.

Parliamentary career

Mr Hurd is Minister for Civil Society.

He also serves as a member of the Environmental Audit Select Committee. The EAC Remit is: "to consider to what extent the policies and programmes of government departments and non-departmental public bodies contribute to environmental protection and sustainable development; to audit their performance against such targets as may be set for them by Her Majesty's Ministers; and to report thereon to the House." The EAC is tasked with monitoring the Government and its agencies with regard to environmental protection and sustainability, and within this term of parliament, focusing particularly on climate change.

He chaired the Climate Change sub-group of the Conservative Party's Quality of Life policy review commission, 2006-2008.

Mr Hurd came top in the Private Member's Bill ballot in November 2006, and introduced the Sustainable Communities Bill into the House of Commons. This achieved its third reading in June 2007 and after being passed by the House of Lords, the Sustainable Communities Act 2007 received the royal assent in October 2007.[2].

Mr Hurd was promoted by David Cameron to the Opposition Whips office in July 2007. He served as Opposition Whip until his appointment as Shadow Minister for Charities, Social Enterprise and Volunteering in October 2008.

Personal life

Hurd is the son of the Conservative peer Douglas Hurd, Lord Hurd, former Member of Parliament, Foreign Secretary and leadership contender under Lady Thatcher and successively under Sir John Major.

He is the fourth generation in the male line of his family to sit in the House of Commons as a Conservative, following his father, grandfather and great-grandfather.

Hurd married Kim Richards in 1988. They have two sons and two daughters.^[2] In 2010, he married Lady Clare Kerr, daughter of the Conservative politician Michael Ancram.^[3]

He is a Governor of Coteford Junior School.^[4]

Notes

1. ^ [1] at thirdsector.co.uk
2. ^ U45676 at ukwhoswho.com
3. ^ Nick Hurd MP marries Lady Clare Kerr
4. ^ Coteford Junior School

External links

• Nick Hurd MP official site
• Blog at Conservative Home
• Nick Hurd at the Cabinet Office
• Profile at Parliament of the United Kingdom
• Contributions in Parliament at Hansard 1803–2005
• Current session contributions in Parliament at Hansard
• Electoral history and profile at The Guardian
• Voting record at PublicWhip.org
• Record in Parliament at TheyWorkForYou.com
• Profile at Westminster Parliamentary Record
• Profile at BBC News Democracy Live
• Maiden speech in the House of Commons, 15 June 2005 (Hansard)

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by John Wilkinson	Member of Parliament for Ruislip-Northwood 2005–2010	constituency abolished
New constituency	Member of Parliament for Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner 2010–present	Incumbent

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Name	Hurd, Nick
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Date of birth	13 May 1962
Place of birth	City of Westminster, London, United Kingdom
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