Damian Green

Biography:

Damian Green was re-elected MP for Ashford on May 7th 2015 with 30094 votes, taking 52.5% of the vote.

Damian was born in 1956. He was educated at Reading School and Balliol College, Oxford. He was President of the Oxford Union in 1977. He is married with two daughters.

He is a former financial journalist and worked in the Prime Minister’s Policy Unit from 1992-94. Damian contested Brent East in the 1992 General Election. In May 1997 he was elected Member of Parliament for Ashford and he was re-elected in 2001 and 2005.

He was a Conservative Spokesman on Education and Employment from 1998-99, Conservative Environment Spokesman from 1999-2001, Shadow Secretary of State for Education and Skills from 2001-2003, and Shadow Secretary of State for Transport from 2003-2004. From July 2004-2005 he was a member of the Home Affairs Select Committee; from July to December 2005 he was a member of the Treasury Select Committee.

In December 2005, he was appointed Shadow Minister for Immigration. After the formation of the coalition he became the immigration minister.

Constituency: Ashford

Constituency Address: Hardy House
The Street
Bethersden
Ashford
Kent
TN26 3AG

Constituency Tel: 01233 820454

Date of Birth: 17 January 1956

Email: damian.green.mp@parliament.uk

Party: Conservative

Personal Website: http://www.damiangreen.org/

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

Westminster Tel: 020 7219 3911

Twitter: https://twitter.com/damiangreenmp

Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Damian-Green/112137102132039

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