George Freeman

Biography:

George Freeman was re-elected as Conservative MP for Mid Norfolk on May 7th 2015 with 27206 votes, taking 52.1% of the vote.

George grew up on a farm near Newmarket, before moving to Norfolk twenty years ago. After education at Radley College and Cambridge, he spent five years in Westminster as Parliamentary Officer of the National Farmers Union and founder of various campaigns to promote a more vibrant rural economy and renaissance of local government.

In 1996 he left Westminster to start a career in small business and a family with his wife Eleanor, a solicitor from Norwich.

Now based near Watton, after four years in venture capital he now runs his own small business (4d Biomedical) helping hospital clinicians to develop, commercialise and finance new medical technologies.

George returned to politics in 2003, launching ‘Mind the Gap!’, the campaign to promote civic action, and stood as Conservative Parliamentary Candidate in Stevenage in 2005 with a campaign called ‘Positive Politics.’ In 2014 he was appointed Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Life Sciences.

Constituency: Mid Norfolk

Constituency Address: Shirley House, 23 London Street, Swaffham, Norfolk, PE37 7DD

Constituency Tel: 01760 721241

Date of Birth: 12/07/1967

Email: george.freeman.mp@parliament.uk

Party: Conservative

Personal Website: www.georgefreeman.co.uk

Westminster Address: George Freeman MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA

Westminster Tel: 020 7219 1940

Twitter: @Freeman_George

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