David Burrowes

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David Burrowes MP
David Burrowes
Member of Parliament
for Enfield Southgate
Incumbent
Assumed office 
5 May 2005
Preceded by Stephen Twigg
Majority 1,747
Born 12 June 1969 (1969-06-12) (age 39)
Cockfosters, London, United Kingdom
Nationality British
Political party Conservative
Spouse Janet Coekin
Children Barnaby, Harriet, Dougal, Dorothy, Noah, Toby
Alma mater University of Exeter
Profession Solicitor
Website www.davidburrowes.com

David John Barrington Burrowes (born 12 June 1969) is a British politician. He is the Conservative Member of Parliament for Enfield Southgate and Parliamentary chairman of the Conservative Christian Fellowship.

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[edit] Early life

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, gaining an LLB in 1991. Whilst at Exeter, in 1990, Burrowes and Tim Montgomerie founded the Conservative Christian Fellowship. 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.

[edit] Parliamentary career

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, 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 20 June 2005 [1]. He has contributed to debates on Violent Crime, Fatherhood, Criminal legal Aid, Council Tax Revaluation, and Equalities (arguing on 21 November 2005 in favour of churches not being prosecuted for "refusing membership and associated activities" to homosexuals). He is a member of the Public Administration Select Committee.

On 11 August 2005 and in the wake of the 7/7 bombings, BBC News reported "Muslims who criticise the 'decadent' nature of British society are right, a group of Conservative MPs has said." [2], in reference to a letter to The Spectator, one of whose authors was "David Burrows" (sic).

Burrowes initially supported Liam Fox in the 2005 Conservative leadership election before endorsing David Cameron. However, 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).[3] Burrowes is quoted as saying, "With politicians crowding the centre ground in order to woo the electorate, the bigger picture is in danger of being missed".

In November 2006, Burrows gave an interview on the Vanessa Feltz show criticising the Royal Mail for its decision to issue secular themed stamps over Christmas.[4]

[edit] Personal life

A keen cricketer and Fives player, Burrowes married Janet Coekin in January 1996 in Havering and they have six children: twins Barnaby and Harriet (born September 1997), Dougal (born May 1999), Dorothy (born March 2001), Noah (born November 2004) and Toby (b. 2007). Before Toby's birth, Burrowes asked for opinion on naming the expected child on the social networking website Facebook.[5] He is a supporter of Arsenal F.C.[6]

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Hansard transcript
  2. ^ BBC News
  3. ^ Carlin, Brendan and Isaby, Jonathan. "Cameron told to drop 'pseuds' from A-list", Daily Telegraph, May 30th, 2006. 
  4. ^ Enfield Independent.
  5. ^ Isaby, Jonathan. "MP: 'Help name my baby'", Daily Telegraph, 12 April 2007. 
  6. ^ About David, www.davidburrowes.com, retrieved 21 March 2008.

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Preceded by
Stephen Twigg		 Member of Parliament for Enfield Southgate
2005 – present		 Incumbent
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