The local MP for Aylesbury is David Lidington and he represents the Conservative party.
David Roy Lidington was born in 1956. He was educated at Haberdashers' Aske's School, Elstree, and at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge. He took an honours degree in History and then a doctorate for research on Elizabethan history.
He is married to Helen, who worked as a primary school teacher before the birth of their sons, Christopher (born 1993), Thomas (born 1995) and twins Edward and James (born 1997). They live in the constituency in Princes Risborough.
David Lidington worked for BP and RTZ before being appointed in 1987 as Special Advisor to the then Home Secretary (Rt Hon Douglas Hurd CBE MP). He moved to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1989 when Douglas Hurd became Foreign Secretary.
In the 1987 General Election, David fought Vauxhall. He was adopted as prospective Conservative Parliamentary Candidate for Aylesbury in December 1990 and was elected as Member for Parliament for that Constituency in 1992.
In David Lidington's words,” I have been in the Commons since 1992. I was on the Education Select Committee for a couple of years and served as Parliamentary Private Secretary) a parliamentary aide) to Michael Howard when he was Home Secretary and to William Hague when Leader of the Opposition Since then, I have been a Conservative spokesman on Home Affairs, the Treasury, Agriculture and the environment and for the lat year, Northern Ireland.
A day in the life of David Lidington: -
"There is not really a typical day. I usually get to Westminster mid-morning on a Monday, often having done a constituency meeting first. I stay in London till Thursday evenings. Those days are spent dealing with letters and emails from constituents and preparing for or speaking in debates in which I have interest. Some debates are about national issues whilst others reflect local concerns. Parliament sits until 10pm on Mondays, 7pm on Tuesdays and Wednesdays and 6pm on Thursdays. Friday is normally my constituency day when I can visit offices, schools, factories, police stations and so on and when I hold my constituency "surgeries". Any constituent can make an appointment to see me to tell me their views or, more often, to ask me to take up a problem that they have with a government department or the local council. There are usually some weekend engagements too".
For more information go to: www.davidlidington.co.uk
