Francis Maude
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The Right Honourable Francis Anthony Aylmer Maude (born July 4, 1953) is a British politician, the Conservative member of Parliament for Horsham, Chairman of the Conservative Party and a member of the Privy Council.
Francis Maude was MP for North Warwickshire from 1983 to 1992, serving as a junior minister in a variety of posts until he lost his seat at the 1992 general election. Maude worked in banking as Managing Director of Morgan Stanley & Co Ltd while outside parliament, but returned to politics, and was elected in the 1997 general election to the different and safer seat of Horsham. In his second spell in Parliament he has served as Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Shadow Foreign Secretary.
Following the 2001 election he managed Michael Portillo's unsuccessful bid for the Conservative leadership. After the election of Iain Duncan Smith, he declined to make himself available to serve in the Shadow Cabinet, and returned to the backbenches.
In the post-election 2005 reshuffle, Maude returned to the Shadow Cabinet as Chairman of the Conservative Party. He is considered to be a Eurosceptic and a moderniser, and is Chairman of the think tank Conservatives for Change.
He is the son of Angus Maude, also a former Conservative minister.
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External links
- Francis Maude MP (http://www.francismaude.com/) official site
- Conservative Party - Rt Hon Francis Maude MP (http://www.conservatives.com/tile.do?def=people.person.page&PersonID=4857) official biography
- Guardian Unlimited Politics Ask Aristotle - Francis Maude MP (http://politics.guardian.co.uk/person/0,9290,-3429,00.html)
- They Work For You - Francis Maude MP (http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/francis_maude/horsham)
- The Public Whip - Francis Maude MP (http://publicwhip.org.uk/mp.php?mpn=Francis_Maude&mpc=Horsham) voting record
- BBC Politics - Francis Maude (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/mpdb/html/222.stm) profile 10 February 2005
- BBC Politics - Francis Maude (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/2091109.stm) profile 22 October 2002