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Shailesh Vara

North West Cambridgeshire

Electoral notes

Contested Birmingham Ladywood 1997 and Northampton South 2001 general elections. Member for North West Cambridgeshire since 5 May 2005 general election

Party groups

Vice-chair, local association 1991-97;

Member, Conservative Lawyers 1991;

PA general election, Oliver Letwin MP 1992;

Vice-chair, Greater London Area CPC 1994-97;

Member, National Union 1996-98;

Member executive committees, Association of Conservative Party Candidates 1998

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About Shailesh

Shailesh is the Member of Parliament for North West Cambridgeshire and was elected in May 2005. He is also Vice Chairman of the Party nationally and lives in the constituency with his wife, Beverley, and baby son.

Shailesh was educated at Aylesbury Grammar School and Brunel University and qualified as a solicitor. He worked in the City and West End of London and, during 1989-1990, he worked in Hong Kong.

Since 1998, Shailesh has been Vice President of the Small Business Bureau. When time permits, he enjoys most forms of sport. In 1997 he represented England in "Legal Rest of the World" v "Legal India" in New Delhi. He also has a black belt in Tae Kwon Do and set up his own club where he taught for a while.

Shailesh's Experience

Shailesh has been involved with the Conservative party since the late 1980s and has held various posts at local, regional and national levels. As Vice Chairman of the Party he had a broad range of responsibilities. These included advising Michael Howard, deputising for the Party Chairman, Party spokesman with the media and looking after Conservative Future (which comprises the 10,000 or so people in the party under 30).

In 2003, Shailesh was invited by the US government to take part in their "Young European Leaders" programme in which he was elected group leader by his fellow delegates from 12 countries. In the run up to the 2001 general election, Shailesh was a member of the Party's manifesto teams for Law and Order and Legal Affairs.

CONTACT SHAILESH

Email: svara@shaileshvara.com

Website: www.shaileshvara.com

Postal Address: House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA.

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