Geoffrey Clifton-Brown, F.R.I.C.S. MP

Geoffrey was the Member of Parliament for Cirencester & Tewkesbury from 1992-1997, and has been the Member for the Cotswolds since 1997.

Since becoming a Member of Parliament he has served as Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Rt. Hon Douglas Hogg QC MP, the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food; Secretary of European Affairs Back Bench Committee; a Member of the Environment Select Committee; Vice-Chairman of the Charities Property Association; Chairman of the All Party Group on Population, Development and Reproductive Health; Vice-Chairman of the Small Business Bureau and European Atlantic Group.

He has served as a Public Accounts Commissioner, and as a Member of the Public Accounts House of Commons Select Committee. In October 2001, he was appointed a Frontbench Spokesman for Transport, Local Government & the Regions. In June 2002, he became a Shadow Minister for Local & Devolved Government Affairs. In March 2004, he was appointed as an Opposition Whip and in May 2005, he became Assistant Chief Whip. He has been an active member of the Finance and Services Committee of the House since 2005.

On the election of David Cameron as Leader of the Conservative Party, Geoffrey was appointed the Shadow Minister for Trade & Foreign Affairs. Geoffrey was later appointed in 2007 the Shadow Minister for International Development and Trade with responsibility for encouraging inward investment, promoting British business overseas and the World Trade Organisation, a role in which he served until the 2010 General Election.

After winning the Election, the Prime Minister, the Rt Hon David Cameron MP, invited Geoffrey to become the Chairman of the Conservative Party’s International Office.

Geoffrey was born in 1953, and graduated as an Associate of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors from the Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester, which is in his constituency. Prior to entering Parliament, Geoffrey was an Investment Surveyor.

He has a son and daughter.