LANCASTER, Mark

Member for Milton Keynes North since 2010, for North East Milton Keynes since 2005. Committees: Member, International Development Select Committee 2009-10; Member, Communities and Local Government Select Committee 2008-09; Member, Defence Select Committee 2006; Member, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister 2005-06. Political career: Parliamentary Private Secretary to Andrew Mitchell as Secretary of State for International Development since 2010; Shadow Minister for International Development July 2007-10; Opposition Whip 2006-07; Councillor, Huntingdon District Council 1995-99. Special political interests: Defence, international development, environment, small business. Profession/Trade: Company Director, Kimbolton Fireworks Ltd 1989-2005. Title/Honours/Decorations: TD 2002. Education: Buckingham University, DSc (Honorary) Political Science 2007; Exeter University, MBA; Buckingham University, BSc; Kimbolton School, Cambridgeshire. Contributor to: Pyrotechnics Principles and Practice. Affiliations: Major, Royal Engineers, TA (operational service in Afghanistan 2006, Bosnia 2002, Kosovo 2000). Hobbies: Collecting and restoring classic British motorcycles. b. 12 May 1970. Separated.