LEWIS, JulianDr

Member for New Forest East since 1997. Committees: Parliamentary Chairman, First Defence since 2004; Member, Select Committee on Defence 2000-01; Vice- Chair, Conservative Parliamentary Foreign Affairs Committee 2000-01 and European Affairs Committee 2000-01; Member, Select Committee on Welsh Affairs 1998-2001; Member, Armed Forces Parliamentary Scheme (RCDS) 2006, (RN) 2004, (RAF) 2000, 1998; Secretary, Conservative Parliamentary Defence Committee 1997-2001; Executive, 1922 Committee 2001; Political career: Shadow Defence Minister since 2005, and 2002-04; Shadow Minister for the Cabinet 2004-05; Opposition Whip 2001-02; Deputy Director, Conservative Research Department 1990-96; Director, Policy Research Associates since 1985; Research Director and Director, Coalition for Peace Through Security 1981-85; Conservative Parliamentary Candidate, General Election 1983 (Swansea West). Special political interests: Defence, security, foreign affairs. Profession/Trade: Researcher and historian. Education: Dynevor GS, Swansea; Balliol College, Oxford, MA; St Antony-s College, Oxford, DPhil. Titles/Honours/Decorations: Awarded 1st Prize in the -Trench Gascoigne Essay- by the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) 2005. Author of: What-s Liberal- Quotations and Facts (1996); The Liberal Democrats: The Character of Their Politics (1993); Who-s Left- An Index of Labour MPs and Left-Wing Causes 1986-92 (1992); Labour-s CND Cover-up (1992); Changing Direction: British Military Planning for Post-War Strategic Defence (1988) (2nd edition 2003). Hobbies: History, films, fiction, music, photography. b. 26 September 1951, Swansea. Single.