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Shailesh Vara MP – MP North West Cambridgeshire
““Our relationship with Europe and the EU is vitally important, especially when it comes to trade. Scotland must actively fight its corner to ensure the best deal possible is achieved at every opportunity.””
Shailesh Vara was elected as the Conservative MP for North West Cambridgeshire in May 2005. He is currently Shadow Deputy Leader of the House of Commons.
Shailesh was educated at Aylesbury Grammar School and Brunel University, and after qualifying as a solicitor in 1990, he worked in London and Hong Kong. Since 1998, Shailesh has been Vice President of the Small Business Bureau. Between 2002 and 2005 he was also a Governor for Westminster Kingsway College.
Shailesh has been involved with the Conservative party since the late 1980s and held various posts at local, regional and national levels. He is a regular speaker at party conferences, specialising in law and the economy. In the run up to the 2001 general election, Shailesh was a member of the Party’s manifesto teams for Law and Order and Legal Affairs. Between 2001 and 2005 he was Vice Chairman of the Party, during which time he was invited by the US government to take part in their Young European Leaders Programme, where he was elected group leader by fellow delegates from 12 countries.
Shailesh is currently a Member of both the Select Committee on Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and the Standing Committee on Companies Bill. He is also Joint Secretary of the Conservative Backbench Group on Foreign Affairs, Treasurer of the BBC All Party Group, and Joint Vice Chairman of the All Party group on Trafficking of Women and Children. Shailesh’s interests include travel and cricket. He has a black belt in Tae Kwon Do and set up his own club where he taught for a while. Shailesh lives in his constituency with his family.