Shailesh Vara
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Shailesh Vara MP |
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| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions | |
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In office 8 May 2015 – 17 July 2016 |
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| Prime Minister |
David Cameron Theresa May |
| Succeeded by | Richard Harrington |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Courts and Legal Aid | |
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In office 7 October 2013 – 17 July 2016 |
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| Prime Minister | David Cameron |
| Preceded by | Helen Grant |
| Succeeded by | Sam Gyimah |
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Member of Parliament for North West Cambridgeshire |
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Assumed office 5 May 2005 |
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| Preceded by | Brian Mawhinney |
| Majority | 16,677 (28.6%) |
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4 September 1960 Uganda |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Alma mater | Brunel University |
| Profession | Solicitor |
| Religion | Hindu |
| Website | www.shaileshvara.com |
Shailesh Lakhman Vara (born 4 September 1960) is a British Conservative Party politician. He was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for North West Cambridgeshire in the 2005 general election, succeeding Brian Mawhinney as the Conservative MP for the seat. Vara has previously been a Vice-Chairman of the Conservative Party. In 2006, he was appointed to the shadow ministerial post of Shadow Deputy Leader of the House of Commons. Following the 2010 general election, he was appointed to the position of Assistant Whip in the coalition government. On 7 October 2013, he was appointed Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Ministry of Justice.
Born in Uganda to Gujarati Indian immigrants, Vara moved to Britain with his family in 1964 when he was four. Educated at Aylesbury Grammar School and Brunel University, Vara qualified as a solicitor. He worked in the City and West End of London, and during 1989–1990, he worked in Hong Kong. Vara has been a senior legal adviser and business consultant for London First, and is vice-president of the Small Business Bureau.
Vara has been involved with the Conservative Party since the late 1980s and has held various posts at local, regional and national levels. As Vice-Chairman of the Party, he had a broad range of responsibilities. These included advising Michael Howard, deputising for the Party chairman, party spokesman with the media and looking after Conservative Future (which comprises the 10,000 or so people in the party under 30).
Vara was elected Member of Parliament for North West Cambridgeshire in May 2005. He had previously contested the Birmingham Ladywood seat at the 1997 general election, which Labour's Clare Short held on to, and Northampton South in the 2001 general election, which Vara failed to win by only 885 votes.
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