Minister of State for Transport

Theresa's Experience

For many years, Theresa has been campaigning on important local issues for Barnet such as: putting more police on the beat; defending the suburbs; conserving the Green Belt and our local environment; working to reunite Cyprus; demanding a more reliable tube; and improving our local hospitals and schools.

Theresa has appeared regularly in the national media including BBC Today, Any Questions and Question Time. From 2001 to 2002 she was Deputy Leader of the Conservatives in the European Parliament and a member of the governing board of the Conservative Party. She is a Vice President of the party's youth organisation, Conservative Future.

During her 6 years in the European Parliament, Theresa fought hard against the Euro, the European Constitution and she opposes extension of EU power. She would like to see EU powers in important areas returned to Britain. She has also campaigned strongly against EU red tape, such as new directives on financial services that would undermine the success of the City of London. She was at the forefront of attempts to amend the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive to prevent it damaging UK financial markets. Her other parliamentary work focused on issues such as getting a better deal for the consumer, improving animal welfare and fighting fraud and waste of taxpayers' money by the EU.

About Theresa

Theresa lives in Arkley in Barnet. She was born in 1968 and grew up in north London. She has a first class law degree from the University of Bristol and a BCL from Jesus College, Oxford. She is a former barrister and lecturer in law at King's College, London. From 1999 to 2005, she was a well known Eurosceptic MEP for the London region.

In 2003, Theresa was selected as the Conservative Parliamentary Candidate for Chipping Barnet. She was elected as a member of the House of Commons in May 2005.

In December 2005, after she had served just 7 months in parliament, David Cameron appointed Theresa to his Shadow Cabinet as Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury. As well as working alongside George Osborne on developing Conservative economic policy, Theresa led the Opposition scrutiny of the Finance Bill 2006 when she persuaded the government to back-track on plans for new Inheritance Tax charges on widows and families who use trusts to provide for their long term future.

In June 2007, Theresa was appointed Shadow Secretary of State for Transport and in May 2010 appointed as Minister of State for Transport.

Contact Details

Email: theresa@theresavilliers.co.uk
Website: http://www.theresavilliers.co.uk
Telephone: 020 8449 7345
Fax: 020 8449 7346