Geoffrey Clifton-Brown

Biography:

Geoffrey Clifton-Brown was re-elected MP for The Cotswolds on May 7th 2015 with 32045 votes, taking 56.5% of the vote.

Geoffrey was the Member of Parliament for Cirencester & Tewkesbury from 1992-1997, and has been the Member for the Cotswolds since 1997.
Since becoming a Member of Parliament he has served as Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Rt. Hon Douglas Hogg QC MP, the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food; Secretary of European Affairs Back Bench Committee; a Member of the Environment Select Committee; Vice-Chairman of the Charities Property Association; Chairman of the All Party Group on Population, Development and Reproductive Health; Vice-Chairman of the Small Business Bureau and European Atlantic Group. Geoffrey was the author of a Bow Group paper entitled “Privatising the State Pension – Secure Funded Provision for All”.

He has served as a Public Accounts Commissioner, and as a Member of the Public Accounts House of Commons Select Committee. In October 2001, he was appointed a Frontbench Spokesman for Transport, Local Government & the Regions. In June 2002, he became a Shadow Minister for Local & Devolved Government Affairs. In March 2004, he was appointed as an Opposition Whip and in May 2005, he became Assistant Chief Whip. He was the Chairman of the All Party Wine Group, and has been a member of the Finance and Services Committee.

On the election of David Cameron as Leader of the Conservative Party, Geoffrey was appointed the Shadow Minister for Trade & Foreign Affairs, serving in the teams of both Shadow Foreign Secretary, the Rt. Hon William Hague MP, and Shadow Trade & industry Secretary, Alan Duncan MP. Geoffrey was later appointed in 2007 the Shadow Minister for International Development and Trade, serving in the teams of both Shadow International Development Secretary, Andrew Mitchell MP, and Shadow Trade & industry Secretary, Alan Duncan MP

Geoffrey was born in 1953, and educated at Eton College and the Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester, where he graduated as an Associate of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors. Prior to entering Parliament, Geoffrey was a Investment Surveyor.

He has a son and daughter.

Constituency: The Cotswolds

Constituency Address: Unit 1143, Regent Court, Gloucester Business Park, Hucclecote, GL3 4AD

Constituency Tel: 01452 371630

Date of Birth: 23 March 1953

Email: cliftonbrowng@parliament.uk

Party: Conservative

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

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

Westminster Tel: 020 7219 5147

Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/geoffreycliftonbrown