Humfrey Malins

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Humfrey Malins
Humfrey Malins
In office
1983 – 1992
Preceded by Bill Pitt
Succeeded by Malcolm Wicks
Constituency Croydon North West
In office
1997 – present
Preceded by Cranley Onslow
Constituency Woking
Born 31 July 1945 (1945-07-31) (age 62)
Political party Conservative

Humfrey Jonathon Malins CBE (born 31 July 1945, Nuneaton) is a British politician, and Conservative Member of Parliament for Woking.

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[edit] Early life

Malins was educated at St John's School, Leatherhead and Brasenose College, Oxford, gaining a MA in Jurispudence in 1967. He qualified as a solicitor in 1971, and worked in a major Surrey law firm from 1975 to 1988. From 1973 to 1983, Malins was a member of Mole Valley District Council.

[edit] Parliamentary career

He contested Liverpool Toxteth in both 1974 general elections and Lewisham East in the 1979 general election.

In the 1983 general election he was elected MP for Croydon North West, beating by-election victor Bill Pitt. He spent much of his time on the backbenches, and was also Parliamentary Private Secretary to Timothy Renton from 1987 to 1989 and then Virginia Bottomley from 1989 to 1992.

In the 1992 general election he was defeated for re-election by the Labour candidate Malcolm Wicks. Cast into the political wilderness, he soon found work as a Magistrate, and in 1996 became a Recorder at the Crown Court. In 1997 he was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire for services to immigration policy.

At the 1997 general election he was able to be selected for the usually safe Conservative seat of Woking, but won the seat with a much reduced majority. On his return to Parliament, he became a member of the Home Affairs Select Committee.

Malins supported Ken Clarke's failed bid in the 2001 leadership contest, but nonetheless was appointed to Iain Duncan Smith's front bench team as a junior home affairs spokesman.

In March 2003 he resigned from the opposition front bench in protest at their support of the Invasion of Iraq. He was later re-appointed to the front bench when Michael Howard became leader in November 2003, but has returned to the backbenches under David Cameron.

Malins has consistently voted to retain Section 28 and against allowing gay couples to adopt.

[edit] Personal life

He married Lynda on July 21 1979 in Greenwich. They have a son Harry (born 16th May 1985) and daughter, Katherine.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Bill Pitt		 Member of Parliament for Croydon North West
1983–1992		 Succeeded by
Malcolm Wicks
Preceded by
Cranley Onslow		 Member of Parliament for Woking
1997–present		 Incumbent
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