HAYES, John

Member for South Holland and The Deepings since 1997. Committees: Joint Chairman, All-Party Disability Group since 1998; Secretary, All-Party Acquired Brain Injury Committee; Member, Education Select Committee 1998-99; Member, Agriculture Select Committee 1997-99; Vice-Chair Conservative Backbench Education Committee 1997-99; formerly YC Chair; Chair, University of Nottingham Conservative Association; Chair, East Midlands Regional Conservative Students; National Committee Member, FCS. Political career: Shadow Minister for Vocational Education, Lifelong Learning and Skills since 2005; Shadow Minister for Transport 2005; Shadow Minister for Local and Devolved Government with responsibility for Housing and Planning 2003-05; Shadow Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 2002-03; Opposition Pairing Whip 2001-02; Acting Head of the Political Section of the Office of the Leader of the Opposition 2001; Frontbench Education and Employment Spokesman (Shadow Schools Minister) 2000-01; Vice-Chair, Conservative Party 1999-2000; County Councillor, Nottinghamshire County Council 1985-98; Chair, County Conserservative Group-s Campaigns Committee; County Conservative Spokesman on Education 1988-97; Conservative Parliamentary Candidate, Derbyshire North East, General Elections 1987 and 1992. Special political interests: Education, parties, elections and campaigning; political ideas and philosophy; local government; agriculture, commerce and industry; housing and planning; welfare of the elderly and disabled. Education: Colfe-s Grammar School, London; University of Nottingham, BA (Hons) Politics and PGCE History/English. Affiliations: Vice- Chair, British Caribbean Association since 1997; Member, Countryside Alliance; Countryside Member, NFU; Member, SPUC; Patron of the charity Headway, Carlton Club, London; Spalding Club, Lincolnshire; Spalding Gentleman-s Society, Lincolnshire. Author of: various books and pamphlets including: PMQs - Blair-s First Year (Conservative Party, 1998); Representing Rural Britain - Blair-s Bogus Claim (Conservative Policy Forum, 2000); Answer the Question: Prime Ministerial Accountability and the Rule of Parliament (Politeia, 2000); Tony B Liar - A Study of Prime Minister-s Questions (Conservative Party, 2001); contributor to There Is Such A Thing As Society (Politico-s, 2002); The Right To Own (Conservative Policy Unit, 2004); The Right Homes in the Right Places (Conservative Policy Unit, 2005); editor of and contributor to: Being Conservative (Cornerstone, 2005). Hobbies: The Arts (particularly English painting, poetry, prose), history, gardening, antiques, sports, food and wine. b. 23 June 1958. Married with two children.