Shailesh Vara
Assistant Whip
Biography of Shailesh Vara
Shailesh Vara was appointed Assistant Whip in the House of Commons in May 2010. He was elected MP for North West Cambridgeshire in May 2005.
During 2005-6, Shailesh was a member of the Select Committee on Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and in 2006 he served on the Standing Committee of the Companies Bill, scrutinising the largest Bill ever to go through Parliament. During 2006 he was Joint Secretary of the Conservative Backbench Group on Foreign affairs.
Shailesh is Joint-Vice Chairman of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Trafficking of Women and Children, Treasurer of the BBC All Party Parliamentary Group and Vice-Chairman of the Executive Committee of Conservative Lawyers.
Shailesh was educated at Aylesbury Grammar School and Brunel University and qualified as a solicitor. He has worked in the City and the West End of London, as well as in Hong Kong. He is married with two children.
Previous roles
- Shadow Deputy Leader of the House of Commons
- Vice-Chairman of the Conservative Party
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Responsibilities
- Communicates between the backbenchers and the party leadership
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