David Amess
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Sir David Amess MP |
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Member of Parliament for Southend West |
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Assumed office 1 May 1997 |
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| Preceded by | Paul Channon |
| Majority | 14,021 (31.5%) |
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Member of Parliament for Basildon |
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In office 9 June 1983 – 1 May 1997 |
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| Preceded by | Harvey Proctor |
| Succeeded by | Angela Smith |
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David Anthony Andrew Amess 26 March 1952 Plaistow, Essex, England |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Julia Arnold; 5 children |
| Alma mater | Bournemouth University |
| Committees |
Chairmen's Panel Committee (2001–present) |
| In Parliament | Activity · Votes |
| Website |
davidamess.co.uk parliament..david-amess |
Chairmen's Panel Committee (2001–present)
Health Committee (1998–2008)
Sir David Anthony Andrew Amess (born 26 March 1952) is a British Conservative Party politician. He has been a Member of Parliament (MP) since 1983, first for Basildon, and since 1997 for Southend West.
He was born in Plaistow, London to James and Maud Amess, and raised Roman Catholic. Amess' mother turned 104 in May 2016, and Amess asked a Prime Minister's Question on the First World War in 2014 where he mentioned her birthday to mark the occasion.
He attended St Anthony's Junior and Infant School, then St. Bonaventure Grammar School (now St Bonaventure's Catholic School) on Boleyn Road in Forest Gate and then Bournemouth College of Technology, where he earned a BSc degree with honours in Economics and Government. Amess taught at the St John the Baptist Primary School in Bethnal Green for a year (1970–71), and then spent a short time as an underwriter before becoming a recruitment consultant.
He contested the safe Labour Party seat of Newham North West at the 1979 General Election, and the seat was retained by Labour's MP Arthur Lewis. In 1982, Amess was elected as a councillor to the London Borough of Redbridge.
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