Members Of Parliament in Bolton, Greater Manchester - Crewe Guardian

MPs: Yasmin Qureshi MP; Paul Nuttall MEP;

Bolton South East (House of Commons)

Ms Yasmin Qureshi MP (Labour)

Surgery Tel: 01204 371202

MP Since - 2010 Majority - 8,634 Born - 05/07/1963.
Education - Bar at Law. Master in Law. Qualified as a Barrister in 1985.

Previous Occupation - Has worked for the Crown Prosecution Service as a prosecutor and for the United Nations Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) as Head of the Criminal Legal Section of the UN Mission in Kosovo and latterly the Director of the Department of the Department of Judicial Administration. Barrister at 2 Kings Bench Walk Chambers, London (2004-08). Barrister in Manchester practising in criminal law, Kenworthy's Chambers (2008-10).

Personal Overview - Inherited this safe Labour seat in 2010 from retiring MP Dr Brian Iddon. Born in Pakistan, she moved to the UK at the age of 9. Comes from a legal career background, working in the UK and abroad for the United Nations Mission in Kosovo where she was involved assisting in the rebuilding of their judicial system. She has also specialised in human rights and administrative law and has been a former Human Rights Advisor to the Mayor of London Ken Livingstone with a remit covering civil, political, social and economic rights. She has also been active in doing voluntary work for law centres and Citizens' Advice Bureaus and is a former President of the Pakistan Club (UK).

Political History - General Election candidate for Brent East (2005). MP Bolton South East (2010-). Member of the Justice Select Committee (2010-). Member of the Political and Constitutional Reform Select Committee (2011).

Characteristics - Former Chair of the Human Rights and Civil Liberties Working Group of the Association of Muslim Lawyers. Has been a governor of a college and several schools.

Business Tel: 020 7219 3000

Email: yasmin.qureshi.mp@parliament.uk

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Interests: Law & Order,Education & Training,Health,Youth Issues,Human Rights

Commitee membership

• Justice Committee (Member)
• Arab League Group (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Abolition of the Death Penalty (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary Group for Democracy in Bahrain (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary Group on Extraordinary Rendition (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary Group on Fair Fuel for Motorists and Hauliers (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary Group on Homeland Security (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary Group for Legal and Constitutional Affairs (Treasurer)
• All-Party Parliamentary Group on Local Democracy (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary Group on Primary Care and Public Health (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary Thrombosis Group (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary Group on Vascular Disease (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary Group for World Governance (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary Youth Hostelling Group (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary Kosovo Group (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary Group on Pakistan (Member)
• All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Philippines (Member)
• Republic of Sudan and South Sudan (Associate Group) (Member)

North West (European Parliament)

Mr Paul Nuttall MEP (UK Independence)

MEP Since - 2009 Born - 1977. Married.
Education - Savio High School. Hugh Baird College. North Lincolnshire College (HND Sport Science) Edge Hill University BA (Hons) History. Liverpool Hope University, MA History. City and Guilds 7307 Teaching Qualification. Certificate in Education. Liverpool Hope University, PhD History (Pending).

Previous Occupation - History Lecturer at Hugh Baird College (2002-06). Lecturer in History at Liverpool Hope University (2003-06). European Parliamentary Assistant and Political Advisor to John Whittaker MEP (2006-08).

Personal Overview - Effectively replaced former UKIP MEP John Whittaker at the 2009 European Elections who he had worked for as an assistant at the Parliament for several years. Has an academic background as a lecturer in the Merseyside area. Politically, he has achieved relatively rapid promotion within the party in recent years, becoming Party Chairman in 2008. In terms of European politics, he has gained experience through his work for John Whittaker MEP, he has also acted as a political consultant to Godfrey Bloom MEP and has been Editor of the Bulletin from Brussels Magazine. As well as opposing Britain's membership of the European Union, his political interests include campaigning against political correctness as well as campaigning to save post offices and British pubs.

Political History - Joined UKIP (2004). General Election candidate for Bootle (2005). Candidate for Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council (2006,07,08). Chairman of South Sefton UKIP Branch (2005-2006). Secretary of Young Independence (2008-). Political Consultant to Godfrey
Bloom MEP (2008-09). Chairman of UKIP (2008-). MEP North West Region (2009-). Member of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (2009-). Substitute member of the Committee on Culture and Education (2009-11).

Other Information - Member of the Executive Council of the United Commonwealth Society (2007-). Member of the Campaign Against Political Correctness (2006-). Member of the Freedom Association.
Intergroups - N/a.

Email: paul.nuttall@europarl.europa.eu

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Interests: Saving Post Offices from closure,Campaigning against Political Correctness

Commitee membership

• Environment, Public Health & Food Safety (Member)

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