Mark Spencer (politician)
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Mark Steven Spencer
is an English Conservative Party
politician. He was elected at the 2010 general election as the Member of Parliament
(MP) for Sherwood
.
Born in 1970 Mark attended Lambley Primary School and Col Frank Seely School in Calverton. He then qualified at Shuttleworth Agricultural College in Bedfordshire, before joining the family farm business. A former dairy farm, the business has developed a retail arm and now employes around 50 local people.
Mark Spencer was elected in 2003 to Gedling District Council for the Ravenshead ward, and in 2005 he won the Calverton ward on Nottinghamshire County Council.
Mark's specialist subjects are most notably, energy and food security, agriculture, the environment, road safety and boosting the East Midlands economy. He was elected to the Environmental Audit Select Committee in 2010.
Mark sits of a number of All Party Parliamentary Groups including, the Coalfield Communities APPG, the APPG on Agriculture and Food and the Associate Parliamentary Sustainable Resource Group.
is an English Conservative Party
Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
politician. He was elected at the 2010 general election as the Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
(MP) for Sherwood
Sherwood (UK Parliament constituency)
Sherwood is a county constituency represented in the 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.-Boundaries:...
.
Born in 1970 Mark attended Lambley Primary School and Col Frank Seely School in Calverton. He then qualified at Shuttleworth Agricultural College in Bedfordshire, before joining the family farm business. A former dairy farm, the business has developed a retail arm and now employes around 50 local people.
Mark Spencer was elected in 2003 to Gedling District Council for the Ravenshead ward, and in 2005 he won the Calverton ward on Nottinghamshire County Council.
Mark's specialist subjects are most notably, energy and food security, agriculture, the environment, road safety and boosting the East Midlands economy. He was elected to the Environmental Audit Select Committee in 2010.
Mark sits of a number of All Party Parliamentary Groups including, the Coalfield Communities APPG, the APPG on Agriculture and Food and the Associate Parliamentary Sustainable Resource Group.
External links
- Mark Spencer: Member of Parliament for Sherwood on the Conservative Party website
- Sherwood Conservatives
- Constituency website www.markspencermp.co.uk
- Interview after winning his seat in 2010 at Catch21Catch21Catch21 is a charitable production company and internet based broadcaster which organises and stages shows all over the UK with the key aim of engaging young people with politics, the concept was initially devised by a group of current and former students of the University of Hull.The organisation...