| 词条 | Peter Luff |
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| honorific-prefix = | name = Sir Peter Luff | honorific-suffix = | image =Peter Luff, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Defence.jpg | caption = | office = Minister for Defence Equipment, Support and Technology | primeminister = David Cameron | term_start = 25 May 2010 | term_end = 4 September 2012 | predecessor = Quentin Davies | successor = Philip Dunne | office1 = Member of Parliament for Mid Worcestershire | term_start1 = 1 May 1997 | term_end1 = 30 March 2015 | predecessor1 = Eric Forth | successor1 = Nigel Huddleston | office2 = Member of Parliament for Worcester | term_start2 = 9 April 1992 | term_end2 = 1 May 1997 | predecessor2 = Peter Walker | successor2 = Mike Foster | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1955|02|18|df=yes}} | birth_place = Windsor, Berkshire, England | death_date = | death_place = | spouse = Julia Jenks (m. 1982) | party = Conservative | relations = | children = 2 | residence = | alma_mater = Corpus Christi College, Cambridge | occupation = | profession = | nationality = English | religion = | signature = | website = | footnotes = }} Sir Peter James Luff (born 18 February 1955) is [1] Chair of the National Heritage Memorial Fund and Heritage Lottery Fund. Formerly a British Conservative Party politician. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Mid Worcestershire from 1997 to 2015, for Worcester from 1992 until 1997. He was a Defence Minister from 2010 to 2012. Early lifePeter Luff was born in the Berkshire town of Windsor and attended the local Windsor Grammar School (now the comprehensive Windsor Boys' School) on Maidenhead Road. He studied at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, receiving a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in Economics in 1976; as per tradition, his BA was promoted to a Master of Arts (MA Cantab) degree. Before entering parliament, he worked for three years from 1977 as a research assistant to the Conservative MP Peter Walker, before heading up Edward Heath's private office for two years from 1980. He became the managing director of Good Relations Ltd, a public affairs company in 1982. In 1987, he became a special adviser to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, David Young. He became a senior consultant for Lowe Bell Communications (now Bell Pottinger Communications) in 1989, before again working for Good Relations from 1990. Parliamentary careerHe contested Holborn and St Pancras at the general election of 1987, but was comfortably beaten by the sitting Labour MP, Frank Dobson. He was first elected to Parliament for Worcester, when he succeeded his former boss, Peter Walker. Following changes in the parliamentary constituency boundaries, he was selected for the new Mid Worcestershire constituency, comprising large areas of three old constituencies, defeating another sitting Conservative MP, Eric Forth for the nomination. He won the seat comfortably and was a member of the House of Commons from 1992. In 1997 he held the safe seat of Mid Worcestershire until 2015. In Parliament he was appointed a Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) in 1993 to the energy minister Tim Eggar, from 1996 he served as PPS to both Ann Widdecombe the prisons minister at the Home Office and Lord Mackay the Lord Chancellor, he held these two positions simultaneously until the defeat of the Conservative government at the general election of 1997. He has served on many parliamentary select committees, including chairing the Agriculture from 1997 to 2000, and from 2005 to 2010 he chaired what was successively known as the Trade and Industry Committee; the Business and Enterprise Select Committee; and the Business, Innovation and Skills Select Committee. He is the founder member of the Parliamentary Hunting with Hounds Middle Way Group,[2] and takes a keen parliamentary interest in India. In the resulting Conservative-Liberal Democrat Coalition of May 2010, Luff was appointed as a junior Defence minister at the Ministry of Defence, with the post of Minister for Defence Equipment, Support and Technology.[3] In the general election of 2015, Luff stood down as a candidate. Nigel Huddleston was chosen to be the new Conservative Party candidate for Mid Worcestershire. Luff was knighted in the 2014 New Year Honours for political and public service.[4] He joined the National Heritage Memorial Fund and Heritage Lottery Fund as Chair on 30 March 2015.[1] Personal lifeHe married Julia Jenks in 1982. They have a son and daughter. References1. ^1 {{cite web|url=https://www.hlf.org.uk/about-us/who-we-are/sir-peter-luff|publisher=hlf.org.uk|title=Sir Peter Luff | Heritage Lottery Fund|accessdate=2 July 2017}} 2. ^{{cite web|url=http://appmwg.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=13&Itemid=28|publisher=appmwg.org.uk|title=The Middle Way Group|accessdate=2 July 2017}} 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/AboutDefence/People/Ministers/MinisterForDefenceEquipmentSupportAndTechnology.htm|publisher=mod.uk|title=Parliamentary Under Secretary of State and Minister for Defence Equipment, Support and Technology (including Defence Exports) - GOV.UK |accessdate=2 July 2017}} 4. ^{{London Gazette|issue=60728|supp=y|page=1|date=31 December 2013}} External links
| title = Member of Parliament for Worcester | years = 1992–1997 | before = Peter Walker | after = Michael Foster }}{{s-new | constituency }}{{s-ttl | title = Member of Parliament for Mid Worcestershire | years = 1997–2015 }}{{s-aft|after=Nigel Huddleston}}{{S-end}}{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2010}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Luff, Peter}} 12 : 1955 births|Alumni of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge|Living people|Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies|UK MPs 1992–97|UK MPs 1997–2001|UK MPs 2001–05|UK MPs 2005–10|UK MPs 2010–15|Knights Bachelor|People from Windsor, Berkshire|People from Worcester |
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