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Adrian Sanders is a former MP for Torbay.

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Former Liberal Democrat MP for Torbay

Entered the House of Commons on 1 May 1997 — General election

Left the House of Commons on 30 March 2015 — General election

• Personal website
• Wikipedia page
• BBC News profile

Social Media

• UK Parliament Profile

Expenses

• Expenses from 2004 to 2009
• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

• Health
• Transport
• Treasury
• Culture Media and Sport
• Environment Food and Rural Affairs
• Diabetes
• Tourism
• Correspondence
• Non-Governmental Organisations
• Departmental Food

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Panel of Chairs ( 7 Nov 2013 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Member, Transport Committee (21 Jan 2013 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Member, Culture, Media and Sport Committee (12 Jul 2010 to 21 Jan 2013)
• Member, Modernisation of the House of Commons Committee ( 2 May 2006 to 4 Feb 2008)
• Member, Committee of Selection (18 Apr 2006 to 6 May 2010)
• Opposition Deputy Chief Whip (Commons) (10 Mar 2006 to 6 May 2010)
• Member, Culture, Media and Sport Committee (12 Jul 2005 to 6 May 2010)
• Member, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister: Housing, Planning, Local Government and the Regions Committee (10 Nov 2003 to 12 Jul 2005)
• Shadow Spokesperson (Communities and Local Government) ( 1 Jun 2001 to 1 Jun 2002)
• Shadow Spokesperson (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) ( 1 Jun 1999 to 1 Jun 2001)
• Member, Consolidation etc. Bills (Joint Committee) (28 Jul 1997 to 11 May 2001)
• Opposition Whip (Commons) ( 1 Jun 1997 to 1 Jun 2001)
• Shadow Spokesperson (Communities and Local Government) ( 1 Jun 1997 to 1 Jun 2001)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Rupert Allason
• Frederic Bennett

Future MPs in this constituency

• Kevin Foster
• Steve Darling

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Chairman, Social Action, Responsibility and Heroism Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
• Trusts (Capital and Income) Bill [LORDS] Committee (1 out of 1)
• Horserace Betting and Olympic Lottery Bill Committee (4 out of 5)
• Licensing Bill Committee (14 out of 17)
• Commonhold & Leasehold Reform Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
• Land Registration Bill Committee (3 out of 3)

Recent appearances

• Torbay (Economic Support) 18 Mar 2015

  The Minister has spoken a lot about peripheral funds. Sadly, Brixham and Whiterock are not in my constituency, but they are important to my constituents because many of them work there and there is a lot of interaction. She has not, however, addressed local government funding—the bread and butter, core funding for the area—which has gone down by 11%, 4%, 5%, 10% and, in the last year, by...

• Torbay (Economic Support) 18 Mar 2015

  I think this may be the first time that I have served under your chairmanship, Mr Weir. It is a pleasure to do so. My speech today is not going to be a big whinge about what has gone wrong. In fact, I am going to praise the Government for many of the things that have happened, but I do want to talk a little about some of the problems facing my constituency that are not unique to it but shared...

More of Adrian Sanders’s recent appearances