UK Elections Info

Data Last Updated: 3 May 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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Shailesh Vara

Born: 4 September 1960, Uganda

Member of Privy Council - 8 July 2022

Aylesbury Grammar School

Brunel University

College of Law, Guildford

Solicitor

Under Secretary of State for Justice	7 October 2013	17 July 2016	(Dismissed)
Under Secretary of State, Department for Work and Pensions	8 May 2015	17 July 2016	(Dismissed)
Under Secretary of State for Northern Ireland	9 January 2018	15 November 2018	(Resigned)
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland	7 July 2022	6 September 2022	(Dismissed)

1 May 1997	Birmingham Ladywood	Conservative & Unionist Party	5,052	13.30
7 June 2001	Northampton South	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,997	41.15
5 May 2005	North West Cambridgeshire	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,504	45.84
6 May 2010	North West Cambridgeshire	Conservative & Unionist Party	29,425	50.49
7 May 2015	North West Cambridgeshire	Conservative & Unionist Party	32,070	52.49
8 June 2017	North West Cambridgeshire	Conservative & Unionist Party	37,529	58.65
12 December 2019	North West Cambridgeshire	Conservative & Unionist Party	40,307	62.46
4 July 2024	North West Cambridgeshire	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,746	33.19