HUGHES, Rt Hon Simon

Member for Bermondsey and Old Southwark since 2010 (North Southwark and Bermondsey since 1997) (Southwark and Bermondsey since 1983 by-election). Committees: Vice Chair, Tamil All-Party Parliamentary Group; Co-Chair, Conflict Issues; Treasurer, Member, Ecclesiastical Committee and Joint Committee on the Conventions of the House of Lords. All Party Groups: Bangladesh (Secretary); Central American (Treasurer); Cyprus (Treasurer); Latin America (Vice-Chair); Finland (Treasurer); Gibraltar (Vice-Chair); Irish in Britain (Vice-Chair); Friends of Islam (Vice-Chair); UK Sikhs (Vice-Chair); Ukraine (Vice-Chair); Youth Affairs (Vice-Chair). Political career: Liberal Democrat Shadow Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change 2009-10; Liberal democrat Federal Party President since 2004; Liberal Democrat Shadow Leader of the House of Commons 2007-09; Shadow Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs/Justice 2006-07; Shadow Attorney General 2005-07; Office of the Shadow Deputy Prime Minister 2005; LD Federal Party President since 2004; LD Spokesperson for London 2003-04; LD Principal Spokesperson for Home and Legal Affairs 1999- 2003; LD Spokesperson, Health (Future NHS) 1997-99; LD Spokesperson, Health and Social Welfare 1995-97; LD Spokesperson, Church of England 1988-97; LD Spokesperson, Urban Affairs and Young People 1994-97; LD Spokesperson, Environment and Natural Resources 1992-94; LD Spokesperson, Education, Science and Training 1989-92; LD Deputy Chief Whip 1989-99; Member, Southwark and Bermondsey 1983-97, and Feb-June 1983. Special political interests: Civil liberties, human rights and justice; the Commonwealth; environment; housing; international conflict resolution; and youth issues. Profession/Trade: Barrister. Education: College of Europe, Bruges; Certificate in Higher European Studies; Inns of Court School of Law; Selwyn College, Cambridge BA, MA; Christ College, Brecon; Llandaff Cathedral School, Cardiff. Languages spoken: French. Co-author of: Beyond Blair (2006); Who Goes Where - Asylum: Opportunity not Crisis (2002); Pathways to Power (1992); Across the Divide - Liberal Values for Defence and Disarmament (1986); Human Rights in Western Europe - The Next 30 Years (1981); The Prosecutorial Process in England and Wales (1981). Hobbies: Music, theatre, history, sport (Millwall FC; Glamorgan and Surrey CCC and Wales RFU), the countryside and open air.
b. 17 May 1951. Single.