John Baron (politician)
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John Baron MP
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Member of Parliament
for Billericay |
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| Assumed office 7 June 2001 |
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| Preceded by | Teresa Gorman |
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| Majority | 11,206 (22.9%) |
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| Born | 21 June 1959 Redhill, Surrey |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Alma mater | Jesus College, Cambridge |
John Charles Baron (born June 21, 1959) is a British Conservative politician and the Member of Parliament for Billericay.
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[edit] Early life
Redhill-born John Baron was educated at Queen's College, Taunton, Jesus College, Cambridge and at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. He joined the British Army in 1984 and was a captain serving with The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers in Northern Ireland, Cyprus and Germany. He left the Army in 1987 and became a merchant banker, working as a fund manager then director of Henderson Private Investors Ltd (now Henderson Global Investors) and Rothschild Asset Management.
[edit] Parliamentary career
In 1995 John Baron became the treasurer of the Streatham Conservative Association. In 1997 David Amess decided not to risk standing again in his ultra marginal Conservative seat of Basildon and was successfully selected and subsequently elected for the safer seat of Southend West. Baron won the Conservative nomination to defend Basildon at the 1997 General Election, but Amess's judgement proved accurate and Angela Smith won the seat for Labour comfortably.
In November 1999 Teresa Gorman announced that she stand down at the next general election from her seat in Billericay, the neighbouring constituency to Basildon.[1] Baron was selected to defend Billericay at the 2001 General Election and he held the seat with a majority of more than 5,000, which he doubled at the 2005 General Election. He made his maiden speech on July 20, 2001.[2]
John Baron was a member of Iain Duncan Smith's frontbench team, but resigned in March 2003 in protest at Duncan Smith's support of the Iraq War.[3] He was reappointed by Duncan Smith as a health spokesman just four months later,[4] a position he held until July 2007 when he was moved to the Conservative Whip's Office.
Baron was a strong backer of David Davis in the most recent Conservative leadership election, having also supported him in the 2001 leadership contest won by Iain Duncan Smith.[5]
[edit] Personal life
He is married with two daughters.
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- John Baron MP official website
- Guardian Unlimited Politics - Ask Aristotle: John Baron MP
- TheyWorkForYou.com - John Baron MP
- The Public Whip - John Baron MP - Voting record
- BBC Politics page
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| Preceded by Teresa Gorman |
Member of Parliament for Billericay 2001 – present |
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