Eric Forth
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The Right Honourable Eric Forth (born 1944) is the British Conservative Member of Parliament for Bromley & Chislehurst, having previously been Member of Parliament for Mid-Worcestershire from 1983 to 1997.
He was Shadow Leader of the House of Commons from 2001 to 2003 under Iain Duncan Smith. He was a member of the European Parliament from 1979 to 1984, and served as a junior minister under John Major. He is a member of the Privy Council.
In his earlier political career, he was a member of Brentwood Urban District Council from 1968 to 1972. In both elections of 1974, he was a parliamentary candidate in Barking. He was Secretary of Llandeilo Conservative Association 1975 to 1977, and Chairman of the Ross-on-Wye Conservative Political Committee from 1978 to 1979.
External links
- Conservatives.com - Rt Hon Eric Forth MP (http://www.conservatives.com/tile.do?def=people.person.page&personID=5054) official biography
- Guardian Unlimited Politics - Ask Aristotle: Eric Forth MP (http://politics.guardian.co.uk/person/0,9290,-1781,00.html)
- TheyWorkForYou.com - Eric Forth MP (http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/eric_forth/bromley_and_chislehurst)