Theresa Villiers
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The Right Honourable Theresa Villiers MP |
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| Secretary of State for Northern Ireland | |
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In office 4 September 2012 – 14 July 2016 |
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| Prime Minister | David Cameron |
| Preceded by | Owen Paterson |
| Succeeded by | James Brokenshire |
| Minister of State for Transport | |
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In office 13 May 2010 – 4 September 2012 |
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| Prime Minister | David Cameron |
| Sec. of State |
Philip Hammond Justine Greening |
| Preceded by | Sadiq Khan |
| Succeeded by | Simon Burns |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Transport | |
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In office 2 July 2007 – 11 May 2010 |
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| Leader | David Cameron |
| Preceded by | Chris Grayling |
| Succeeded by | Sadiq Khan |
| Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury | |
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In office 6 December 2005 – 2 July 2007 |
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| Leader | David Cameron |
| Preceded by | Philip Hammond |
| Succeeded by | Philip Hammond |
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Member of Parliament for Chipping Barnet |
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Assumed office 5 May 2005 |
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| Preceded by | Sydney Chapman |
| Majority | 7,656 (14.4%) |
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Member of the European Parliament for London |
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In office 15 July 1999 – 5 May 2005 |
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| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Succeeded by | Syed Kamall |
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Theresa Anne Villiers 5 March 1968 London, England, UK |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Sean Wilken (Divorced) |
| Alma mater |
University of Bristol Jesus College, Oxford City Law School |
| Website | Official website |
Theresa Anne Villiers MP PC (pronounced Villers; born 5 March 1968 in London) is a British Conservative Party politician and a member of the aristocratic Villiers family.
She has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Chipping Barnet since 2005. She was the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland from 2012 to 2016.
Villiers was born in Chiswick in 1968, the third child of Major George Edward Villiers by his marriage to Anne Virginia Threlfall; she has two elder brothers, Edward and Henry. On her father's side she is a descendant of Edward Ernest Villiers (1806–1843), brother of George Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon, Thomas Hyde Villiers, Charles Pelham Villiers, and Henry Montagu Villiers.
Growing up in North London, she was educated at the independent Francis Holland School. Villiers gained a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) degree with first-class honours in 1990 from the University of Bristol, and a year later the postgraduate degree of Bachelor of Civil Law (BCL) from Jesus College, Oxford.
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