Tim Yeo
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Tim Yeo (born March 20, 1945) is a British Conservative politician, Member of Parliament for Suffolk South. He is also a paid director of Univent PLC and Genus PLC, and writes articles for Golf Weekly and Country Life magazines.
He has been MP for Suffolk South since 1983, and became PPS to Douglas Hurd in 1988. By 1993, he had become Minister for the Environment and Countyside in John Major's government, but was forced to resign after a scandal involving his so-called 'love child' with a Tory councillor - which was seen to conflict with the Government's emphasis on 'Back to Basics', and family values.
After the Conservative loss in the 1997 election, the new leader William Hague appointed him spokesman on Environment, Transport and the Regions. He was a member of the shadow cabinet under Iain Duncan Smith as shadow Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, and in 2003 was made Michael Howard's Education and Health Secretary, holding two jobs with responsibility for both schools and hospitals. In 2004 he was moved to Environment and Transport. During this period, his Chief of Staff was Nick Hurd, who is Douglas Hurd's son and since the 2005 general election is the MP for Ruislip-Northwood.
He resigned from the shadow cabinet shortly after the 2005 general election saying he wished to be free to play a role in rethinking the Conservative party's future. He has refused to rule himself out of the leadership contest that will follow Michael Howard standing down as party leader.
He is chairman of Univent PLC, which operates care homes for the elderly.
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External links
- Conservative Party - Tim Yeo (http://www.conservatives.com/people/person.cfm?PersonID=4599) biography
- ePolitix.com - Tim Yeo (http://www.epolitix.com/EN/MPWebsites/Tim+Yeo/) profile
- Guardian Unlimited Politics - Ask Aristotle: Tim Yeo (http://politics.guardian.co.uk/person/0,9290,-5714.html)
- TheyWorkForYou.com - Tim Yeo MP (http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/tim_yeo/south_suffolk)
- The Public Whip - Tim Yeo MP (http://www.publicwhip.org.uk/mp.php?mpn=Tim_Yeo&mpc=South+Suffolk) voting record
- BBC News - Tim Yeo (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/2173987.stm) profile 16 October, 2002
- Open Directory Project - Tim Yeo (http://dmoz.org/Regional/Europe/United_Kingdom/Society_and_Culture/Politics/Parties/Conservative/MPs/Yeo,_Tim/) directory categorysv:Tim Yeo