Jonathan Lord

Biography:

Jonathan Lord was re-elected as Conservative MP for Woking on May 7th 2015 with 291999 votes, taking 56.2% of the vote.

Jonathan was selected as the Parliamentary Candidate for Woking at an Open Primary in September 2009.

He was Chairman of the neighbouring Guildford Conservative Association for the past four years, and was Anne Milton’s Campaign Manager in Guildford in 2005.

He was elected as a Surrey County Councillor in June 2009, where he was a member of Surrey’s Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee.

Jonathan was educated at Shrewsbury School, attended Kent School, Connecticut, U.S.A. (scholarship), and read History at Merton College, Oxford, where he was President of the Oxford University Conservative Association.

He has a background in advertising, marketing and technology and is a former Director of Saatchi & Saatchi.

Jonathan is married to Caroline, and they have a son and a daughter.

Jonathan has been Deputy Chairman of Surrey Conservatives and, before moving to the local area, a Councillor and Deputy Leader of the City of Westminster.

During his eight years at Westminster he also chaired the Environment and the Housing Committees.

He was the Conservative Parliamentary Candidate for Oldham West and Royton in 1997.

He has been a school governor of an inner city school and has served on numerous other boards and voluntary bodies including Cities in Schools (an educational charity), the Paddington Regeneration Partnership, the London Ecology Unit, the Central London Partnership, and the Transport Committee for London.

Constituency: Woking

Constituency Address: Woking Conservatives, Churchill House, Chobham Road, Woking, GU21 4AA

Constituency Tel: 01483 773384

Date of Birth: 17 September 1962

Email: jonathan.lord.mp@parliament.uk

Party: Conservative

Personal Website: http://www.jonathanlord.co.uk/

Westminster Address: House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA

Westminster Tel: 020 7219 6913

Twitter: @JonathanLordMP