Nick Herbert

Biography:

Nick Herbert was re-elected MP for Arundel and South Downs on May 7th 2015 with 34331 votes, taking 60.8% of the vote.

Nick has been the MP for Arundel & South Downs since May 2005. In December 2005 David Cameron appointed as the Shadow Minister for Police Reform, and in July 2007 he was promoted to the Shadow Cabinet as Shadow Secretary of State for Justice. After the 2010 general election he became policing minister, a role he retained until 2012.

Prior to his election Nick was the Director of Reform, the independent think tank which he co-founded in 2002. Reform aims to “set out a better way to deliver public services and economic prosperity” and has been described by commentators as “the most important think tank to emerge for a decade”.

Before that, from 1998 to 2000, Nick was Chief Executive of Business for Sterling, where he launched the successful ‘no’ campaign against the euro. He continues to believe that too much power has been transferred to the European Union and that the process not only needs to be halted but also now put in reverse so that powers are returned to national parliaments where they belong.

In the 1997 election Nick stood as the Conservative Parliamentary candidate in Berwick Upon Tweed, one of the most rural seats in England. Nick is passionate about defending rural communities. From 1990 to 1996 he worked for the British Field Sports Society, becoming its Director of Political Affairs. In this role he played a leading role in setting up the Countryside Movement, which became the Countryside Alliance.

Since becoming an MP Nick has worked closely with the international development charity Results on the growing problem of tuberculosis, especially in developing countries. In 2006 he helped to form, and was elected co-chairman of, the All Party Parliamentary Group on Global TB.

Nick went to school at Haileybury, from where he won an Open Exhibition to read Law and Land Economy at Magdalene College, Cambridge.

Nick lives in Arundel and in his spare time he enjoys racing and country sports and watching cricket and rugby. He also enjoys going to the theatre, cinema and opera.

Constituency: Arundel and South Downs

Constituency Address: Arundel and South Downs Conservative Association, The Old Town Hall, 38 High Street, Arundel, BN44 3YE

Constituency Tel: 01903 816880

Date of Birth: 7 April 1963

Email: nick@nickherbert.com

Party: Conservative

Personal Website: http://www.nickherbert.com/

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

Westminster Tel: 020 7219 4080

Twitter: @nickherbertmp

Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=661456254