MICHAEL MATES

Rt Hon 'Michael John Mates' (born 9 June 1934) is a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. He is the MP for the constituency of East Hampshire.
He is a member of the Privy Council.

Contents

Education and army service

First elected

Retirement

See also

Bibliography

External links

Education and army service

Michael Mates was educated at the Salisbury Cathedral School; Blundell's School in Tiverton, and King's College, Cambridge, where he was a choral scholar.
Prior to his election to the House of Commons, he served for twenty years in the British Army leaving in 1974 with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel with the 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards.

First elected

Michael Mates was first elected to Parliament in October 1974 general election for Petersfield in Hampshire, following the retirement of Joan Quennell.
He has represented East Hampshire since 1983.
Mates has been a Chairman of the 1922 committee, and from 1992 to 1993 was Minister of State at the Northern Ireland Office. He resigned after a scandal involving fugitive businessman Asil Nadir.
He also served as the Chairman of the Defence (1987-1992) and Northern Ireland (2001-2005) select committees.

Retirement

Mates has announced that he will retire at the next general election. His replacement as Conservative Party candidate will be Damian Hinds.
His son, James Mates, is a senior reporter and presenter for ITN.

See also

★ Father Patrick Ryan

Bibliography

★ Mates, Michael ''The Secret Service: Is There A Case For Greater Openness?'' Alliance Publishers, 1989. ISBN 0907967078

★ Hurd, Douglas & Mates, Michael et al ''What's Wrong With British Foreign Policy?'' Tory Reform Group, 2007 ISBN 095554260X

External links

★ Rt Hon Michael Mates official site

★ Guardian Unlimited Politics - Ask Aristotle: Michael Mates MP

★ TheyWorkForYou.com - Michael Mates MP

★ Veteran MP announces retirement BBC article