Edward Leigh, Esq, MP

Career: barr; memb Inner Temple; former: pres Durham Union Soc, chm Durham Univ Cons Assoc; Parly candidate (Cons) Middlesbrough 1974; MP (Cons): Gainsborough and Horncastle 1983-97, Gainsborough 1997-; hon dir Coalition for Peace through Security, chm Nat Cncl for Civil Defence 1980-83, memb House of Commons Select Ctee for Defence 1983-87, vice-chm and sec for Backbench Ctees on Agric Employment and Defence 1983-90, PPS to Min of State Home Office 1990-92, under-sec of state for Industry and Consumer Affairs DTI 1990-93, chm Public Accounts Ctee 2001- (memb 2000-01); memb: House of Commons Agric Select Ctee 1995-97, House of Commons Social Security Select Ctee 1995-; memb: Richmond Borough Cncl 1977-81, GLC 1977-81; veteran memb HAC 2003-; memb Cncl Lincoln Cathedral 2003-; Knight of Honour and Devotion SMOM 1994