David Burrowes

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David Burrowes

David John Barrington Burrowes (born 1969) is a British politician. He is the Conservative Member of Parliament for Enfield Southgate.

[edit] Career

David Burrowes was born in Cockfosters and was educated at Highgate School and the University of Exeter, where he was the Vice Chairman of the Exeter University Conservative and Unionist Association. He was elected as a councillor to the Enfield Borough Council in 1994 and was admitted as a solicitor in 1995. He has been an assistant solicitor with Shepherd Harris & Co since qualifying; since election to Parliament, he continues as a consultant to the company.

He contested the seat of Edmonton at the 2001 General Election but was defeated by the sitting Labour MP Andy Love who had a majority of 9,772. At the 2005 General Election he contested the seat of Enfield Southgate which he won against expectations, ousting the then Minister of State at the Department for Education and Skills Stephen Twigg with a majority of 1,747 votes. He made his maiden speech on June 20, 2005 (Hansard transcript). He has contributed to debates on Violent Crime, Fatherhood, Criminal legal Aid, Council Tax Revaluation, and Equalities. He is a member of the Public Administration Select Committee.

He initially supported Liam Fox in the 2005 Conservative leadership election before endorsing David Cameron.

In May 2006 he issued a paper strongly supporting the cause of local Parliamentary candidates, (and thereby implicitly condemning Cameron's proposals of an elite 'A-list' of candidates). ^[1]

A keen cricketer and Fives player, David is married to his wife Janet and has 5 children - Barnaby and Harriet who are twins, and Dougal, Dorothy and Noah. He and Janet are currently expecting their 6th child.