The Big Society

O

Stephen O'Brien

Constituency

Eddisbury

Party

Conservative

Address as

Mr O'Brien

Voluntary Contributions To The Big Society

I spent nearly a week at my own expense and unremunerated working voluntarily in Sierra Leone on something called the Umubano Project in the slums of Freetown, in health facilities (such as they exist) and in assisting young entrepreneurs how to set up and run their small trading and other businesses to help lift them out of poverty.

Contact details

Westminster

House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Tel: 020 7219 6315
Fax: 020 7219 0584
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Constituency

Eddisbury Conservative Association, 4 Church Walk, High Street, Tarporley, CW6 0AJ
Tel: 01829 733243
Fax: 01829 733243
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Biography

Electoral history

Member for Eddisbury 22 July 1999 by-election to 2010, for Eddisbury (revised boundary) since 6 May 2010 general election

Parliamentary career

Private Member's Bill, Honesty in Food Labelling 1999-2000, re-introduced 2002-03; PPS to Michael Ancram as Chairman of the Conservative Party 2000-01; Opposition Whip 2001-02; Shadow: Financial Secretary to the Treasury 2002, Paymaster General 2002-03, Secretary of State for Industry 2003-05, Minister for: Education and Skills 2005, Health 2005-10; Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for International Development 2010-

Party groups

Chairman, Chichester Conservative Association 1998-99; Executive committee member, Westminster Candidates Association 1998-99; Special adviser, Conservative Business Liaison Unit (construction sector) 1998-2001; Member, National Membership Committee of the Conservative Party 1999-2001

Select committees

Member: Education and Employment 1999-2001, Education and Employment (Education Sub-Committee) 1999-2001

International bodies

Member: British-Irish Inter-Parliamentary Body 2000-, International Parliamentary Union 2006-, Commonwealth Parliamentary Association 1999-

Political interests

Economy, trade and industry, agriculture and the rural economy, health, housing, infrastructure, transport, Northern Ireland, foreign affairs, education, constitutional affairs

Countries of interest

Australia, China, Ireland, Latin America, Sub-Saharan Africa, USA