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Richard Benyon
MP
Richard Benyon MP
	Benyon making his victory speech at Newbury racecourse in the 2005 general election
Member of Parliament; for Newbury
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 5 May 2005
Preceded by	David Rendel
Majority	12,248 (20.9%)
Personal details
Born	4 September 1960 (age 64); Reading, Berkshire
Nationality	British
Political party	Conservative
Alma mater	Royal Agricultural College
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Website	www.richardbenyon.com
Military service
Branch/service	British Army
Years of service	1980 - 1985
Unit	Royal Green Jackets

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Richard Henry Ronald Benyon MRICS (born 21 October 1960) is a British Conservative Party politician. He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Newbury since 2005 and a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs since May 2010.

Early life

Benyon was born in Reading, the son of Sir William Benyon, (and great-great grandson of former Conservative Prime Minister Lord Salisbury^[1]), and was educated at nearby Bradfield College and the Royal Agricultural College. He served in the Royal Green Jackets for five years from 1980 to 1985. He married Emma Benyon and had 3 children - Harry, 19, Thomas, 18 and Freddie, 16. He later got a divorce and is now married to Zoe Benyon with 2 children, Louis and Jimmy. He lives on Englefield Estate in Englefield, Berkshire and regularly plays polo.

Political career

He was elected in 1991 to the Newbury District Council, he became the Conservative group leader in 1994. He lost his council seat in 1995. He contested Newbury at the 1997 General Election but lost heavily to the 1993 by-election incumbent Liberal Democrat David Rendel. Benyon and Rendel contested Newbury again at the 2001 General Election, and Rendel came out again as the victor with a reduced majority. It proved third time lucky for Benyon, when he and Rendel again contested Newbury at the 2005 UK general election and Benyon was elected with a majority of 3,460, replacing Rendel.

Benyon made his maiden speech on 20 May 2005 and served on the Home Affairs Select Committee from 2005 to 2007, when he became an Opposition Whip. Since 2009 he has been the Shadow Minister for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. He is one of nine Vice-Presidents of Berkshire County Scout Council. Benyon is also a director of the Englefield Charitable Trust. He lives at his family's ancestral home, Englefield House with his wife and five sons, the youngest of whom was born in 2007.

In May 2009, he was listed by The Telegraph as one of the "Saints" in the expenses scandal^[2]

He was made Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs in the first Cameron Ministry^[3].

References

^ "General Election 2005 Research Paper" (PDF). House of Commons Library.
^ "MPs' Expenses: the saints". The Telegraph. Retrieved 2009-07-01. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
^ http://conservativehome.blogs.com/thetorydiary/2010/05/fuller-list-of-junior-appointments.html

External links

Richard Benyon MP official constituency website
Richard Benyon MP Conservative Party profile
Contributions in Parliament at Hansard 1803–2005
Voting record at Public Whip
Record in Parliament at TheyWorkForYou

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[1] "General Election 2005 Research Paper" (PDF). House of Commons Library.

[2] "MPs' Expenses: the saints". The Telegraph. Retrieved 2009-07-01. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

[3] ttp://conservativehome.blogs.com/thetorydiary/2010/05/fuller-list-of-junior-appointments.html

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 ==Early life==
-Benyon was born in [[Reading, Berkshire|Reading]], the son of Sir [[William Benyon]], (and great-great grandson of former Conservative Prime Minister [[Lord Salisbury]]<ref>{{cite web|title=General Election 2005 Research Paper|url=http://www.parliament.uk/commons/lib/research/rp2005/rp05-033.pdf|publisher=House of Commons Library}}</ref>), and was educated at nearby [[Bradfield College]] and the [[Royal Agricultural College]]. He served in the [[Royal Green Jackets]] for five years from 1980 to 1985.
+Benyon was born in [[Reading, Berkshire|Reading]], the son of Sir [[William Benyon]], (and great-great grandson of former Conservative Prime Minister [[Lord Salisbury]]<ref>{{cite web|title=General Election 2005 Research Paper|url=http://www.parliament.uk/commons/lib/research/rp2005/rp05-033.pdf|publisher=House of Commons Library}}</ref>), and was educated at nearby [[Bradfield College]] and the [[Royal Agricultural College]]. He served in the [[Royal Green Jackets]] for five years from 1980 to 1985. He married Emma Benyon and had 3 children - Harry, 19, Thomas, 18 and Freddie, 16. He later got a divorce and is now married to Zoe Benyon with 2 children, Louis and Jimmy. He lives on Englefield Estate in Englefield, Berkshire and regularly plays polo.
 ==Political career==