Political Career
2005
Re-elected Conservative MP for Bromsgrove
2003-04
Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media & Sport
2001
Re-elected Conservative MP for Bromsgrove
1997
Elected Conservative MP for Bromsgrove
1996
Selected Conservative Candidate for Bromsgrove
1981
Vice President, Cambridge Union
1974-78
Member, Halifax Young Conservatives
Commons Committees
2004-
Trade & Industry
1999-03
Culture, Media & Sport
1997
Social Security
1997
Catering
Non-Political Career
1996
Social Affairs Editor, Sunday Telegraph, London
1992-96
Political Correspondent, Daily Telegraph, London
1989-92
Producer/Reporter, ITN Parliamentary Unit, Westminster
1986-89
Producer/Researcher, BBC News and Current Affairs, London
1983-86
Researcher, Yorkshire Television, Leeds
1981-82
Journalist, House Magazine, Parliament
Education
1982-83
University of California, Berkeley (Journalism)
Rotary Foundation Scholar
1978-81
Girton College, Cambridge (Economics & History)
Vice President Cambridge Union 1981
1971-78
Highlands School, Halifax
(now North Halifax High School)
Family
2000
Son, Angus
1997
Married Rt. Hon. Andrew J MacKay, MP for Bracknell
1960
Born Halifax, Yorkshire
