UK Elections Info

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Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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Nicholas Soames

Born: 12 February 1948, Croydon, Surrey

Baron Soames of Fletching - 28 October 2022

Knighted - 13 June 2014

Member of Privy Council - 11 June 2011

husband of Serena Mary Smith

son of Mary Churchill

husband of Catherine Nony Weatherall

St Aubyn's, Rottingdean, Sussex

Eton College

Stockbroker

Under Secretary of State, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food	14 April 1992	20 July 1994	(Reshuffled)
Minister of State for Defence Procurement	20 July 1994	1995	(Reshuffled)
Minister of State for Armed Forces	1995	2 May 1997	(Dismissed)

3 May 1979	Central Dunbartonshire	Conservative & Unionist Party	8,512	21.54
9 June 1983	Crawley	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,963	48.07
11 June 1987	Crawley	Conservative & Unionist Party	29,259	49.55
9 April 1992	Crawley	Conservative & Unionist Party	30,204	48.74
1 May 1997	Mid Sussex	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,231	43.45
7 June 2001	Mid Sussex	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,150	46.16
5 May 2005	Mid Sussex	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,765	48.02
6 May 2010	Mid Sussex	Conservative & Unionist Party	28,329	50.72
7 May 2015	Mid Sussex	Conservative & Unionist Party	32,268	56.13
8 June 2017	Mid Sussex	Conservative & Unionist Party	35,082	56.92
3 September 2019 The Conservative whip was removed from Rt Hon Sir Nicholas Soames.
29 October 2019 The Conservative whip is restored to Rt Hon Sir Nicholas Soames.