Oliver Heald
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The Right Honourable Sir Oliver Heald QC MP |
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| Minister of State for Courts and Justice | |
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Assumed office 16 July 2016 |
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| Prime Minister | Theresa May |
| Sec. of State | Elizabeth Truss |
| Preceded by | Mike Penning |
| Solicitor General for England and Wales | |
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In office 4 September 2012 – 14 July 2014 |
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| Prime Minister | David Cameron |
| Preceded by | Edward Garnier |
| Succeeded by | Robert Buckland |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Justice | |
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In office 8 May 2007 – 2 July 2007 |
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| Leader | David Cameron |
| Preceded by | Himself (Constitutional Affairs) |
| Succeeded by | Nick Herbert |
| Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster | |
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In office 8 December 2005 – 2 July 2007 |
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| Leader | David Cameron |
| Preceded by | Eric Forth (2003) |
| Succeeded by | Francis Maude |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs | |
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In office 15 March 2004 – 8 May 2007 |
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| Leader |
Michael Howard David Cameron |
| Preceded by | Alan Duncan |
| Succeeded by | Himself (Justice) |
| Shadow Leader of the House of Commons | |
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In office 11 November 2003 – 10 May 2005 |
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| Leader | Michael Howard |
| Preceded by | Eric Forth |
| Succeeded by | Chris Grayling |
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Member of Parliament for North East Hertfordshire North Hertfordshire (1992–1997) |
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Assumed office 9 April 1992 |
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| Preceded by | Ian Stewart |
| Majority | 15,194 (30.1%) |
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15 December 1954 Reading, England |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Christine Whittle |
| Alma mater |
Pembroke College, Cambridge City Law School |
| Religion | Anglicanism |
| Website | Official website |
Sir Oliver Heald QC, MP (born 15 December 1954) is a British barrister and Conservative politician, who currently serves as Member of Parliament (MP) for North East Hertfordshire.
Heald was born in Reading, Berkshire, and was educated at the Reading School and Pembroke College, Cambridge, where he read Law. He was called to the Bar at the Middle Temple in 1977 and was a practising barrister in London and East Anglia at Fenners Chambers in Cambridge from 1979 until he was appointed a Government Minister in 1995.
He became the Chairman of the North Hertfordshire Conservative Association for two years from 1984. He unsuccessfully contested the London Borough of Southwark seat of Southwark and Bermondsey at the 1987 general election but finished in third place some 12,550 behind the sitting Liberal MP Simon Hughes. He became the Vice-President of the Southwark and Bermondsey Conservative Association in 1988 for five years, becoming the President for five years from 1993.
Heald was elected to the House of Commons for North Hertfordshire at the 1992 general election following the retirement of the Conservative MP Ian Stewart. He held the seat with a majority of 16,531 and has remained an MP since. He made his maiden speech on 9 June 1992 in which he spoke of his political beginnings on a soapbox at Speakers' Corner.
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