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Executive Committee

Executive Committee Members

The Association's Executive Committee meets every two months.

All-Member Meetings are held three times a year.

Members of the Executive are self-nominated and elected by postal ballot held as soon as possible after a General Election on a first past the post system, serving for the length of the Parliament. The 7 candidates with the most votes are elected. Further names from the list are then co-opted, and co-options can be made with the aim of providing as balanced a committee as possible between:

Retired/defeated MPs
Gender
Party
Region
Specialist Experience

The present Executive has 16 members

Chairman
Sir Graham Bright
Conservative MP for Luton East 1979-1983 and Luton South 1983-1997

Vice-Chairman
Rt Hon Lord Graham of Edmonton PC
Labour MP for Enfield and Edmonton 1974-1983

Vice-Chairman
Elizabeth Peacock JP DL
Conservative MP for Batley & Spen 1983-1997

Treasurer
Bowen Wells
Conservative MP for Hertford & Stevenage 1979-1983
and Hertford & Bishops Stortford 1983-1997

Member
Joe Ashton OBE
Labour MP for Bassetlaw 1968-2001

Member
Alf Bates
Labour MP for Bebington & Ellesmere Port 1974-1979

Member
Cllr David Bellotti
Liberal Democrat MP for Eastbourne 1990-1992

Member
George Cunningham
Labour/SDP MP for Islington S.W. 1970-1974 and Islington S and Finsbury 1974-1983

Member
Professor Eric Moonman OBE
Labour MP for Billericay 1966-1970 and Basildon 1974-1979

Member
Sir James Spicer
Conservative MP for Dorset West 1974-1997

Member
Richard Tracey JP AM
Conservative MP for Surbiton 1983-1997

Member
Councillor Keith Mans
Conservative MP for Wyre 1987 - 1997

Member
Eric Martlew
Labour MP for Carlisle 1987 - 2010

Member
Linda Perham
Labour MP for Ilford North 1997 -2005

Member
Syd Rapson
Labour MP for Portsmouth North 1997 - 2005

Member
John Austin
Labour MP for Erith & Thamesmead 1992- 2010

Sitting Member
Sir Alan Meale
Labour MP for Mansfield 1987-

Sitting Member
Nigel Evans
Conservative MP for Ribble Valley 1992-

Executive Officer
Lady Grocott

Association of Former Members of Parliament

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