HAYES, John

Member for South Holland and The Deepings (revised boundary) since 6 May 2010, for South Holland and The Deepings 1997-2010. Committees: Joint Chairman, Cornerstone Group since 2004; 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: Minister of State for Further Education, Skills and Lifelong Learning, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills since 2010; Shadow Minister for Lifelong Learning, Further and Higher Education 2009; Shadow Minister for Vocational Education 2005-07; 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 Conservative Groups 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: Colfes 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 Gentlemans Society, Lincolnshire. Author of: various articles and pamphlets including: PMQs - Blairs First Year (Conservative Party, 1998); Representing Rural Britain - Blairs 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 Ministers Questions (Conservative Party, 2001); contributor to There Is Such A Thing As Society (Politicos, 2002); The Right To Own (Conservative Policy Unit, 2004); editor of The Right Homes in the Right Places (Conservative Policy Unit, 2005); editor/ contributor to: Elevating the Practical (The Education Commission, 2007); co-author of Towards a Gold Standard for Craft (Centre for Policy Studies, 2007); Towards a Virtuous Circle of Learning (NIACE, 2006); editor of/contributor to Being Conservative (Cornerstone, 2005). Hobbies: The Arts (particularly English painting, poetry and prose); good food and wine; many sports (including darts); history; antiques; architecture and aesthetics; gardening; growing fruits; making jam. b. 23 June 1958. Married with two children.