Jonathan Lord

Biography

Jonathan Lord was elected as Conservative MP for Woking on May 6th 2010 with a majority of 6,807.

Jonathan was selected as the Parliamentary Candidate for Woking at an Open Primary in September 2009.

He was Chairman of the neighbouring Guildford Conservative Association for the past four years, and was Anne Milton's Campaign Manager in Guildford in 2005.

He was elected as a Surrey County Councillor in June 2009, where he was a member of Surrey's Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee.

Jonathan was educated at Shrewsbury School, attended Kent School, Connecticut, U.S.A. (scholarship), and read History at Merton College, Oxford, where he was President of the Oxford University Conservative Association.

He has a background in advertising, marketing and technology and is a former Director of Saatchi & Saatchi.

Jonathan is married to Caroline, and they have a son and a daughter.

Jonathan was, until recently, Deputy Chairman of Surrey Conservatives and, before moving to the local area seven years ago, he was a Councillor and Deputy Leader of the City of Westminster.

During his eight years at Westminster he also chaired the Environment and the Housing Committees.

He was the Conservative Parliamentary Candidate for Oldham West and Royton in 1997.

He has been a school governor of an inner city school and has served on numerous other boards and voluntary bodies including Cities in Schools (an educational charity), the Paddington Regeneration Partnership, the London Ecology Unit, the Central London Partnership, and the Transport Committee for London.

Constituency

Woking

Constituency Address

Woking Conservatives, Churchill House, Chobham Road, Woking, GU21 4AA

Constituency Tel

01483 773384

Date of Birth

Email

jonathan.long.mp@parliament.uk

Party

Conservative

Personal Website

www.wokingconservatives.org.uk

Westminster Address

Westminster Tel

020 7219 6913