Ed Vaizey MP

BIOGRAPHY

Ed Vaizey MP was elected as the Member of Parliament for Wantage and Didcot in May 2005. In November 2006 Ed was appointed Shadow Minister for the Arts.

Born in 1968, he attended Merton College, Oxford. When he left university, he spent two years working for the Conservative Party’s Research Department, before training and practising as a barrister.

In 1996, he left the law, and became the director of a highly successful public relations company based in London. In 2004, he left to become the chief speech writer for the then Leader of the Opposition, Michael Howard.

Ed also built up a career as a freelance political commentator, writing regularly for The Guardian, and appearing on programmes such as Despatch Box and The Wright Stuff, as well as broadcasting frequently on Five Live.

Ed married Alex in September 2005 and they live in Letcombe Bassett and London.

INTERESTS

Ed is a trustee of the Trident Trust, the largest work experience charity in the United Kingdom.

In Parliament, Ed was a member of the Standing Committee on the Consumer Credit Bill. He is currently a member of the Modernisation Select Committee.

He is a member of the following all-party groups: kidney, duchenne-muscular dystrophy; India; arts & heritage

In Wantage and Didcot, Ed is President of Didcot Town Football Club; Vice-President of the Friends of the Ridgeway; Patron of the Friend’s of St Mary’s Church, Buckland; a Vice-Patron of Style Acre, a charity for people with learning disabilities; a Member of the Faringdon Area Project; a governor of Cholsey Primary School.