Mark Pritchard

Mark Pritchard MP
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The Wrekin
Majority: 942
  

Councils, public bodies

Councillor:
Harrow Council 1993-94,
Woking Borough Council 2000-03
  

Electoral history

Contested Warley 2001 general election. Member for The Wrekin since 5 May 2005 general election
  

Commons Select Committees

Member: Environmental Audit 2005-07,
Work and Pensions 2006-09,
Welsh Affairs 2007-,
Transport 2009-
  

Commons Backbench committees

Joint Secretary Conservative Parliamentary:
Defence Committee -2005,
Foreign Affairs Committee -2005
  

All-party groups (office-holding)

Vice-chair:
Namibia Group 2005-,
Social Care Group 2005-,
Argentina Group 2005-;
Secretary Conservation and Wildlife Group 2005-;
Vice-chair Venezuela Group 2006-;
Chair Philippines Group 2006-;
Secretary Greece Group 2006-;
Vice-chair:
Assyria and the Assyrians Group 2007-,
Kosova Group 2007-,
Japan Group 2007-;
Secretary Latin America Group 2007-;
Treasurer Portugal Group 2007-;
Vice-chair:
Rail in Wales Group 2008-,
Albania Group 2008-,
Serbia and Montenegro Group 2008-;
Secretary:
North Korea Group 2008-,
Brazil Group 2008-,
Yemen Group 2008-,
Germany Group 2008-;
Chair World Governance Group 2008-;
Vice-chair:
Thailand Group 2009-,
Montenegro Group 2009-,
Serbia Group 2009-,
Africa Group 2009-,
Macedonia Group 2009-,
Pro-Life Group 2009-;
Secretary Hungary Group 2009-;
Chair Slovenia Group 2009-
  

Political interests

Rural affairs, defence, education, cyber-security, homeland security, foreign relations
  

Countries of interest

Africa, Argentina, India, Israel, Latin America, Philippines, USA
  

Party posts

Bow Group Council 1994;
National Board Member Conservative Councillors Association 2002;
Conservative Party Human Rights Commission 2006-
  

Current posts

Vice-chair All-Party:
Namibia Group 2005-,
Social Care Group 2005-,
Argentina Group 2005-;
Secretary All-Party Conservation and Wildlife Group 2005-;
Chair All-Party Philippines Group 2006-;
Vice-chair All-Party Venezuela Group 2006-;
Secretary All-Party Greece Group 2006-;
Member Select Committee on Welsh Affairs 2007-;
Vice-chair All-Party:
Assyria and the Assyrians Group 2007-,
Japan Group 2007-,
Kosova Group 2007-;
Secretary All-Party Latin America Group 2007-;
Treasurer All-Party Portugal Group 2007-;
Vice-chair All-Party:
Rail in Wales Group 2008-,
Albania Group 2008-,
Serbia and Montenegro Group 2008-;
Secretary All-Party:
North Korea Group 2008-,
Brazil Group 2008-.
Yemen Group 2008-,
Germany Group 2008-;
Chair All-Party World Governance Group 2008-;
Vice-chair All-Party:
Thailand Group 2009-,
Montenegro Group 2009-,
Serbia Group 2009-,
Africa Group 2009-,
Macedonia Group 2009-,
Pro-Life Group 2009-;
Member Select Committee on Transport 2009-;
Secretary All-Party Hungary Group 2009-;
Chair All-Party Slovenia Group 2009-
  

Region

West Midlands
  

Westminster

Mark Pritchard MP
House of Commons
London
SW1A 0AA

Tel:020 7219 8494
Fax:020 7219 5969
pritchardm@parliament.uk
www.markpritchard.com
  


The Wrekin general election 2005


  Pritchard, Mark  Con  18,899  41.84%
 *Bradley, Peter  Lab  17,957  39.75%
  Tomlinson, William  Lib Dem  6,608  14.63%
  Lawson, Bruce  UKIP  1,590  3.52%
  Con Majority     942  2.09%
  Electorate     67,311 
  Turnout     45,171  67.11%
  Con Gain (5.4% from Lab to Con)  


  *Member of last parliament