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Humfrey Jonathon Malins CBE
Order of the British Empire

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a United Kingdom order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom....
 (born 31 July 1945, Nuneaton
Nuneaton

Nuneaton is the List of Warwickshire towns by population in the England county of Warwickshire, and the Nuneaton and Bedworth. Nuneaton is most famous for its associations with the 19th century author George Eliot, who was born on a farm on the Arbury Hall just outside Nuneaton in 1819 and lived in the town for much of her early life....
) is a British
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 politician, and Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)

The Conservative and Unionist Party, more commonly known as the Conservative Party, is a conservative political party in the United Kingdom....
 Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament

A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative of the voters to a parliament. In many countries the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a unique title, such as senate, and thus also have unique titles for its members, such as senators....
 for Woking
Woking (UK Parliament constituency)

Woking is a constituency represented in the British House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election....
.

ns was educated at St John's School, Leatherhead and Brasenose College, Oxford
Brasenose College, Oxford

Brasenose College, originally Brazen Nose College , is one of the Colleges of the University of Oxford of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom....
, gaining a MA in Jurispudence in 1967. He qualified as a solicitor in 1971, and worked in a major Surrey law firm from 1975 to 1988. From 1973 to 1983, Malins was a member of Mole Valley
Mole Valley

Mole Valley is a Non-metropolitan district in Surrey, England. Its council is based in Dorking.The district, named after the River Mole, Surrey, was formed on April 1, 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, by a merger of the urban districts of Dorking and Leatherhead and most of the Dorking and Horley Rural District....
 District Council.

ontested Liverpool Toxteth
Liverpool Toxteth (UK Parliament constituency)

Liverpool Toxteth was a constituency represented in the British House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election....
 in both 1974 general elections and Lewisham East in the 1979 general election
United Kingdom general election, 1979

The United Kingdom general election of 1979 was held on 3 May 1979 and is regarded as a pivotal point in 20th century British politics. The Conservative Party under Margaret Thatcher defeated James Callaghan's incumbent Labour Party government in what would prove to be the first of four consecutive general election victories for the Conserv...
.

In the 1983 general election
United Kingdom general election, 1983

The 1983 UK general election was held on 9 June 1983. It gave the Conservative Party under Margaret Thatcher the most decisive election victory since United Kingdom general election, 1945....
 he was elected MP for Croydon North West
Croydon North West (UK Parliament constituency)

Croydon North West was a constituency represented in the British House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election....
, beating by-election victor Bill Pitt
Bill Pitt

William Henry Pitt, commonly known as Bill Pitt, is a United Kingdom politician. He was a Liberal Party Member of Parliament between 1981 and 1983, and was the first candidate elected to Parliament under the banner of the SDP-Liberal Alliance....
.






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Humfrey Jonathon Malins CBE
Order of the British Empire

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a United Kingdom order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom....
 (born 31 July 1945, Nuneaton
Nuneaton

Nuneaton is the List of Warwickshire towns by population in the England county of Warwickshire, and the Nuneaton and Bedworth. Nuneaton is most famous for its associations with the 19th century author George Eliot, who was born on a farm on the Arbury Hall just outside Nuneaton in 1819 and lived in the town for much of her early life....
) is a British
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 politician, and Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)

The Conservative and Unionist Party, more commonly known as the Conservative Party, is a conservative political party in the United Kingdom....
 Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament

A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative of the voters to a parliament. In many countries the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a unique title, such as senate, and thus also have unique titles for its members, such as senators....
 for Woking
Woking (UK Parliament constituency)

Woking is a constituency represented in the British House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election....
.

Early life

Malins was educated at St John's School, Leatherhead and Brasenose College, Oxford
Brasenose College, Oxford

Brasenose College, originally Brazen Nose College , is one of the Colleges of the University of Oxford of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom....
, gaining a MA in Jurispudence in 1967. He qualified as a solicitor in 1971, and worked in a major Surrey law firm from 1975 to 1988. From 1973 to 1983, Malins was a member of Mole Valley
Mole Valley

Mole Valley is a Non-metropolitan district in Surrey, England. Its council is based in Dorking.The district, named after the River Mole, Surrey, was formed on April 1, 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, by a merger of the urban districts of Dorking and Leatherhead and most of the Dorking and Horley Rural District....
 District Council.

Parliamentary career

He contested Liverpool Toxteth
Liverpool Toxteth (UK Parliament constituency)

Liverpool Toxteth was a constituency represented in the British House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election....
 in both 1974 general elections and Lewisham East in the 1979 general election
United Kingdom general election, 1979

The United Kingdom general election of 1979 was held on 3 May 1979 and is regarded as a pivotal point in 20th century British politics. The Conservative Party under Margaret Thatcher defeated James Callaghan's incumbent Labour Party government in what would prove to be the first of four consecutive general election victories for the Conserv...
.

In the 1983 general election
United Kingdom general election, 1983

The 1983 UK general election was held on 9 June 1983. It gave the Conservative Party under Margaret Thatcher the most decisive election victory since United Kingdom general election, 1945....
 he was elected MP for Croydon North West
Croydon North West (UK Parliament constituency)

Croydon North West was a constituency represented in the British House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election....
, beating by-election victor Bill Pitt
Bill Pitt

William Henry Pitt, commonly known as Bill Pitt, is a United Kingdom politician. He was a Liberal Party Member of Parliament between 1981 and 1983, and was the first candidate elected to Parliament under the banner of the SDP-Liberal Alliance....
. He spent much of his time on the backbenches, and was also Parliamentary Private Secretary
Parliamentary Private Secretary

A Parliamentary Private Secretary is a role given to a United Kingdom Member of Parliament by a senior Minister in government or shadow minister to act as their contact for the House of Commons; in the Lords, the department's Parliamentary Under Secretary there takes on this duty....
 to Timothy Renton from 1987 to 1989 and then Virginia Bottomley
Virginia Bottomley

Virginia Hilda Brunette Maxwell Bottomley, Baroness Bottomley of Nettlestone Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council Deputy Lieutenant, n?e Virginia Garnett , is a United Kingdom Conservative Party politician....
 from 1989 to 1992.

In the 1992 general election
United Kingdom general election, 1992

The United Kingdom general election of 1992 was held on 9 April 1992, and was the fourth consecutive victory for the Conservative Party .John Major had won the Conservative Party leadership election, 1990 in November 1990 succeeding the outgoing PM Margaret Thatcher....
 he was defeated for re-election by the Labour
Labour Party (UK)

The Labour Party is a political party in the United Kingdom. Founded at the start of the 20th century, it has been since the 1920s the principal party of the Left-wing politics in England, Scotland and Wales, but not Northern Ireland, where it has only recently organised again....
 candidate Malcolm Wicks
Malcolm Wicks

Malcolm Hunt Wicks is Labour Party Member of Parliament for Croydon North and serves as the Prime Minister's special representative on international energy issues....
. In 1993 he founded the Immigration Advisory Service
Immigration Advisory Service

The Immigration Advisory Service is a UK organisation registered as a charity, providing direct legal assistance to refugees, asylum-seekers and others needing advice and guidance around British immigration law....
, a charitable organisation providing free legal advice on immigration and asylum issues. He became a District Judge in 1991 and in 1996 became a Recorder at the Crown Court
Crown Court

The Crown Court of England and Wales is, together with the High Court of Justice of England and Wales and the Court of Appeal of England and Wales, one of the constituent parts of the Supreme Court of Judicature in England and Wales....
. In 1997 he was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire for services to immigration policy.

At the 1997 general election
United Kingdom general election, 1997

The UK general election, 1997 was held on 1 May 1997. The Labour Party won the general election in a landslide victory with 418 seats, the most seats the party has ever held....
 he was able to be selected for the usually safe Conservative seat of Woking. On his return to Parliament, he became a member of the Home Affairs Select Committee
Home Affairs Select Committee

The Home Affairs Select Committee is a Committee of the British House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The proper name is the House of Commons, Home Affairs Committee....
.

Malins supported Ken Clarke's failed bid in the 2001 leadership contest
Conservative Party (UK) leadership election, 2001

The 2001 Conservative leadership election was held after the United Kingdom Conservative Party failed to make inroads into the Labour government's lead in the United Kingdom general election, 2001....
, but nonetheless was appointed to Iain Duncan Smith
Iain Duncan Smith

George Iain Duncan Smith Privy Council of the United Kingdom is a British politician. He is the Member of Parliament for the constituency of Chingford and Woodford Green ....
's front bench team as a junior home affairs spokesman.

In March 2003 he resigned from the opposition front bench in protest at their support of the Invasion of Iraq
2003 invasion of Iraq

The 2003 invasion of Iraq, from March 20 to May 1, 2003, was spearheaded by the United States, backed by United Kingdom forces and smaller contingents from Australia, Spain, Poland and Denmark....
. He was later re-appointed to the front bench as a shadow home affairs minister when Michael Howard
Michael Howard

Michael Howard Queen's Counsel is a British politician, a Conservative Member of Parliament since the United Kingdom general election, 1983 for the constituency of Folkestone and Hythe ....
 became leader in November 2003, but has returned to the backbenches under David Cameron
David Cameron

David William Donald Cameron is the current leader of the Conservative Party and Leader of the Opposition in the United Kingdom. He has occupied both positions since December of 2005....
.

With his legal experience as a solicitor, a District Judge and a Crown Recorder he remains one of Parliaments foremost experts in criminal justice and home affairs.

Personal life

He married Lynda on July 21 1979 in Greenwich
Greenwich

'Greenwich' is a district in south-east London, England, on the south bank of the River Thames in the London Borough of Greenwich. It is best known for its maritime history and as giving its name to the Greenwich Meridian and Greenwich Mean Time....
. They have a son Harry and daughter, Katherine.

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