Henry Bellingham (Norfolk MP)
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Sir Henry Bellingham MP |
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| Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs | |
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In office 10 May 2010 – 5 September 2012 |
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| Succeeded by | Mark Simmonds |
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Member of Parliament for North West Norfolk |
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Assumed office 7 June 2001 |
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| Preceded by | George Turner |
| Majority | 13,948 (29.4%) |
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In office 9 June 1983 – 1 May 1997 |
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| Preceded by | Christopher Brocklebank-Fowler |
| Succeeded by | George Turner |
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29 March 1955 Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Emma Whiteley |
| Alma mater | Magdalene College, Cambridge |
| Website |
henrybellingham.com parliament..henry-bellingham |
Sir Henry Campbell Bellingham (born 29 March 1955) is a British Conservative politician. He was appointed Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office on 14 May 2010, a position he held until 5 September 2012. In Parliament, he represents the constituency of North West Norfolk.
Bellingham attended Wellesley House School in the town of Broadstairs in Kent, followed by Eton College and then Magdalene College, Cambridge, where he received a law degree in 1977. During his time at Cambridge, he was a member of Cambridge University Liberal Club and served as Joint Master of the Cambridge University Draghounds. He also took a short service commission in the Guards for a year between school and university. He trained at the Inns of Court School of Law, and joined the Middle Temple in 1978 and practised as a barrister for eight years. Bellingham is variously described as a direct descendant of John Bellingham, Spencer Perceval's assassin, or as being from the same family, and his defeat in the 1997 election could be attributed to the intervention of the Referendum Party candidate, Roger Percival, who claimed to be a descendant of the slain Prime Minister. This might have been a more persuasive argument had Roger Percival won the seat.
Bellingham first entered Parliament at the 1983 election after winning the seat for North West Norfolk, having defeated the incumbent MP Christopher Brocklebank-Fowler, who in 1981 was the only Conservative to defect to the newly formed SDP. He held his seat until being defeated during the 1997 election. He contested his former seat at the election in 2001, and won it back. He was re-elected in 2005 with a 9000 vote majority, and again in 2010 with a majority of 14,810.
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