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Neil Parish was born on 26 May, 1956 in Bridgwater, is a British Conservative politician. Discover Neil Parish's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is He in this year and how He spends money? Also learn how He earned most of networth at the age of 68 years old?
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Neil Quentin Gordon Parish |
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68 years old |
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Gemini |
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26 May, 1956 |
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26 May |
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Bridgwater, Somerset, England |
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United Kingdom |
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Neil Parish Height, Weight & Measurements
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Who Is Neil Parish's Wife?
His wife is Susan Gail (m. 1981)
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Susan Gail (m. 1981) |
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Neil Parish Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2022-2023. So, how much is Neil Parish worth at the age of 68 years old? Neil Parish’s income source is mostly from being a successful Politician. He is from United Kingdom. We have estimated
Neil Parish's net worth
, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Timeline
Parish was opposed to Brexit prior to the 2016 referendum.
On 18 June 2015 Parish was elected Chair of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee for the 2015 Parliament.
In 2015, Parish served as Show President for the annual Mid Devon Show, hosted for the first time in 21 years in the National Trust's grounds of Knighthayes, within his parliamentary constituency.
On 22 July 2014, Parish was appointed Parliamentary Private Secretary to The Rt Hon John Hayes MP, Minister of State for Transport, who also acts as a senior advisor to the Prime Minister.
Parish opposes, and voted against the implementation of same sex marriage, stating that he feels the issue is "for the Church and Christians to decide [upon], not for parliament to legislate." In 2014, Parish voted against enabling the courts to deal with proceedings for the divorce of a same sex couple and against making same sex marriage available to armed forces personnel outside the UK.
In July 2012, Parish relaunched and was elected Chairman of both the All Party Parliamentary Group on Beef and Lamb and the All Party Parliamentary Group on Pig and Poultry. The purpose of these two separate groups is to ensure Parliamentarians are briefed by industry experts on the latest developments in the industry, including supply chains, exports, sustainability, health and nutrition.
Parish was one of 79 Conservative MPs who, on 24 October 2011, rebelled against a three-line whip and voted for a national referendum on the UK's relationship with the European Union.
Parish was elected Member of Parliament for Tiverton and Honiton on 6 May 2010. The Conservative vote was 3.6 per cent up, with Mr Parish attracting 27,614 votes - a 50.3 per cent share of the overall votes cast. He won with a majority of 9,320 votes.
In June 2010, weeks into being elected MP, Parish was elected by his fellow MPs onto the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee. The committee is elected by the House of Commons to examine the expenditure, administration and policy of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) and its associated public bodies including the Environment Agency and the Natural England. After the 2015 general election, he was returned upopposed as the chairman of the Select Committee.
Parish was elected by Conservative backbenchers as Chairman of the 1922 Backbench Environment Policy Committee on Wednesday 20 July 2010. The Policy Committee plays a significant role both in policy formation and acting as a channel of communication between backbenchers and ministers.
For his entire career in the European Parliament he was a member of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development. From January 2007 to July 2009 he was Chairman of the Committee. In December 2001, he was appointed Conservative spokesman on agriculture and he was also the delegation's deputy chief whip. He was instrumental in setting up the year-long European Parliament's public Inquiry into the Foot and Mouth Outbreak and he is also a member of the European Parliament's inquiry into the collapse of Equitable Life. He also served as a substitute member on the Committee on Fisheries.
In February 2007 Parish was selected as the Conservative parliamentary candidate for Tiverton and Honiton. The seat was previously held by the Conservative Angela Browning who was retiring. Parish did not stand for re-election in the 2009 European Parliament election.
Parish acted as an election monitor during 2000 Zimbabwean parliamentary election, where he criticised the conduct of Robert Mugabe's regime. During the 2008 Presidential election Neil Parish called on the British Government to reject the legitimacy of ZANU-PF and to recognise Morgan Tsvangirai's MDC party as the democratically elected Government of Zimbabwe. Parish is still banned from re-entering the country after voicing his criticism.
Parish was elected to the European Parliament in the 1999 European Parliament election for the South West England region. He was re-elected in 2004 on the top of the Conservatives' party list.
Parish began his career in politics in local government, serving as a Parish, District and County Councillor. In the 1997 general election he contested Torfaen, a safe Labour seat in Wales. He was soundly defeated by 24,536 votes.
Neil Quentin Gordon Parish (born 26 May 1956) is a British Conservative Party politician. He is the Member of Parliament (MP) for Tiverton and Honiton and was elected at the 2010 general election. He had been a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for South West England from 1999 to 2009.