John Hayes (British politician)

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The Right Honourable John Hayes FRSA MP
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Minister of State for Security
Incumbent
Assumed office 8 May 2015
Prime Minister	David Cameron
Preceded by	Lynne Featherstone
Minister of State for Transport
In office 15 July 2014 – 8 May 2015
Preceded by	(New Position)
Succeeded by	Andrew Jones
Minister without Portfolio
In office 28 March 2013 – 15 July 2014
Preceded by	Sayeeda Warsi
Succeeded by	Robert Halfon
Minister of State for Energy at the Department for Energy and Climate Change
In office 4 September 2012 – 28 March 2013
Preceded by	Charles Hendry
Succeeded by	Michael Fallon
Minister of State for Further Education, Skills and Lifelong Learning
In office 13 May 2010 – 4 September 2012
Preceded by	Kevin Brennan
Succeeded by	Matthew Hancock
Member of Parliament for South Holland and the Deepings
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 May 1997
Preceded by	Constituency created
Majority	18,567 (37.7%)
Personal details
Born	(1958-06-23) 23 June 1958 Woolwich, London, England
Nationality	British
Political party	Conservative
Spouse(s)	Susan Hopewell
Children	2 sons
Alma mater	University of Nottingham
Religion	Anglican

John Henry Hayes, FRSA (born 23 June 1958) is a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. He is the Member of Parliament (MP) for South Holland and The Deepings, and a member of the socially conservative Cornerstone Group.

Early life

Hayes was born into a working-class family in Woolwich, grew up on a council estate and was educated at the Colfe's Grammar School (Lewisham) and at the University of Nottingham where he was awarded a BA degree in politics and a PGCE in history and English. Hayes was involved in a campaign to create a pipe-smoking society affiliated to the Students' Union. He also chaired the University's Conservative Association from 1981-82 while being President of one of the residential halls, Lincoln's JCR and served as treasurer of the University's Students' Union from 1982-83.

Professional career

Before entering Parliament, he was a sales director for The Data Base Ltd, an IT company based in Nottingham.

Political career

Councillor

He was elected to Nottinghamshire County Council in 1985 where he was the Conservative Group Spokesman on Education and Chairman of its Campaigns Committee. He served there for 13 years, standing down following his election to parliament.

He contested Derbyshire North East at the 1987 general election but was defeated by the new Labour MP Harry Barnes by 3,720 votes. He fought the same seat at the 1992 general election and although he increased the Tory vote, finished some 6,270 votes behind Barnes.

Member of Parliament

He was elected to the House of Commons for the new Lincolnshire seat of South Holland and The Deepings at the 1997 general election. He secured a majority of 7,991 and has been elected with increased majorities at successive elections since with swings to him of 4.4% in 2001, 4.3% in 2005 and 0.3% in 2010, increasing the Conservative share of the vote to 59.1%, so making it a safe seat for the Tories. He made his maiden speech on 2 July 1997.

In parliament, he served on the Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Select Committee for two years from 1997 and two years on the education and employment committee from 1998. In 1999, he was appointed as a vice chairman of the Conservative Party with responsibility for campaigning by William Hague, and in 2000 continued on the frontbench as Shadow Schools Minister in the education and skills. He was appointed Assistant Chief Whip Opposition Whip by Iain Duncan Smith — for whom Hayes had been a speech writer — in 2001, before entering his shadow cabinet as the shadow Agriculture & Fisheries Secretary in 2002.

In 2003, after a change of leader, Michael Howard appointed Hayes to be Shadow Minister for Housing & Planning. He was briefly a spokesman on transport following the 2005 general election before being moved by David Cameron later in 2005 to again speak on education and skills and in particular on vocational education. He was promoted by Cameron to Shadow Minister for Lifelong Learning, Further and Higher Education in 2007.

On 13 May 2010 he was appointed as Minister of State for Further Education, Skills and Lifelong Learning jointly at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and the Department for Education. On 4 September 2012 he was appointed Minister of State for Energy at the Department for Energy and Climate Change. On the 28 March 2013 he was removed from the DECC and replaced by Michael Fallon. John was made Minister without Portfolio and Senior Parliamentary Adviser to the PM in the Cabinet Office. He was appointed to the Privy Council on 9 April 2013.

He was appointed as Minister of State at the Department for Transport in the reshuffle on 15 July 2014 with responsibility for national roads, Highways Agency reform and the Infrastructure Bill, and maritime issues. He is also the commons spokesman on bus policy.

After the 2015 general election, Hayes was moved to the Home Office, being appointed "Minister of State, Minister for Security", with responsibility for counter-terrorism, security, serious organised crime and cyber crime, amongst other issues.

Views on biofuels

On the BBC Today programme, on 6 March 2013, Hayes described the views of David King, former chief scientific officer to the government, as “slightly detached and bourgeois”. King had said that very few biofuels result in emissions reductions, and that they have a very deleterious effect on food supplies, particularly palm oil.

Affiliations

He is a member of the British Field Sports Society and of the Society for the Protection of the Unborn Child (SPUC). He has served as the chairman of the All Party Group on disability and secretary of the All Party Group on brain injury. Since 2009, he has been Honorary Chairman of the British Caribbean Association.

External links

• Contributions in Parliament at Hansard 1803–2005
• Voting record at PublicWhip.org
• Record in Parliament at TheyWorkForYou.com
• Profile at Westminster Parliamentary Record

Parliament of the United Kingdom
New constituency	Member of Parliament for South Holland and The Deepings 1997–present	Incumbent