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FABRICANT, Michael

Member for Lichfield since 1997. Committees: Chair, House of Commons Information Select Committee since 2001; Co-Chair, All-Party Internet Group; Co-Chair, Royal Marines All-Party Group (served with the Royal Marines in 1998 as part of the Armed Forces Parliamentary Scheme); Officer on a number of All-Party Parliamentary Committees including the Film Industry, Men's Health, Obesity; Treasurer, All-Party Cable and Satellite Committee; Treasurer, All-Party Motorcycle Group; Member, All-Party Iceland Group; Member, European Scrutiny Committee B (Foreign and Affairs and Trade); former Member of the National Heritage Select Committee; Deputy Chair, Conservative Parliamentary Media Committee; Secretary, Conservative Parliamentary Education and Employment Committee; Member, Backbench Trade and Industry and Tourism. Political career: Member for Staffordshire, Mid 1992-97; Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Financial Secretary, HM Treasury 1996-97; contested South Shields 1987. Special political interests: Trade (especially promotion of exports and high technology), foreign relations (especially with the United States and EU). Profession/Trade: Chartered engineer; Fellow of the Institution of Electrical Engineers; unpaid Director of the Engineering and Technology Board; former broadcaster, economist. Education: University of Loughborough, BSc Economics and Law; University of Sussex, MSc Operations Research; Oxford University; London University; University of Southern California in Los Angeles, doctoral research in Economics and Forecasting. Languages spoken: French, German, Dutch (a little), Russian (a little). Author of: various magazines and newspaper articles. Hobbies: Fell-walking, canal-boating, reading, skiing, Mozart operas, listening to the omnibus edition of the Archers, eating out.
b. 12 June 1950, Brighton. Single.

Constituency: Lichfield
 

2005

 

 

 

2001

 

CON HOLD

Votes

%

+/- %

Votes

%

Conservative

21,274

48.6

-0.5

20,480

49.1

Labour

14,194

32.5

-6.1

16,054

38.5

Lib Dem

6,804

15.6

4.9

4,462

10.7

UKIP

1,472

3.4

1.7

684

1.6

Majority

7,080

16.2

-

4,426

10.6

Turnout

43,744

66.7

1.4

41,680

65.3

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