Profile

Conservative MP for Scarborough and Whitby

Entered the House of Commons on 5 May 2005 — General election

• Early Day Motions signed by this MP

Expenses

• Expenses from 2004 to 2009
• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Currently held offices

• Member, Liaison Committee (Commons) (since 25 May 2022)
• Chair, Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee (since 25 May 2022)
• Chair, Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee (since 25 May 2022)
• Member, Liaison Committee Sub-Committee on National Policy Statements (since 25 May 2022)
• Member, Down Syndrome Bill Committee (since 19 Jan 2022)
• Member, Nationality and Borders Bill Committee (since 15 Sep 2021)
• Member, Joint Committee on the Fixed-Term Parliaments Act (since 10 Nov 2020)
• Member, Northern Ireland Affairs Committee (since 2 Mar 2020)

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (12 May 2021 to 24 Jun 2021)
• Member, Environmental Audit Committee ( 2 Mar 2020 to 11 Jul 2022)
• The Minister of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs ( 5 Mar 2019 to 25 Jul 2019)
• Member, Northern Ireland Affairs Committee ( 5 Mar 2018 to 8 Apr 2019)
• Member, Environmental Audit Committee (22 Jan 2018 to 6 Nov 2019)
• Minister of State (Education) (12 Jun 2017 to 9 Jan 2018)
• The Minister for Immigration (15 Jul 2016 to 12 Jun 2017)
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport) ( 7 Oct 2013 to 15 Jul 2016)
• The Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury ( 6 Sep 2012 to 7 Oct 2013)
• Assistant Whip (HM Treasury) (12 May 2010 to 6 Sep 2012)
• Shadow Minister (Transport) ( 3 Jul 2007 to 6 May 2010)
• Opposition Whip (Commons) ( 8 Nov 2006 to 3 Jul 2007)
• Member, Transport Committee (12 Jul 2005 to 11 Dec 2006)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Lawrie Quinn
• Michael Shaw
• Alexander Spearman
• Herbert Latham
• Sidney Herbert
• Gervase Beckett