John Bercow
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John Simon Bercow (born January 19, 1963), is a politician, and Conservative Member of Parliament for Buckingham. He is a former Shadow Secretary of State for International Development and is currently a member of the International Development Select Committee. He holds a number of posts with All Party Groups including Co-Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Burma, Vice-Chair of the Genocide Prevention Group and Secretary of the Human Rights Group. John Bercow has travelled to many conflict areas, including Darfur, Zimbabwe, the Thai-Burmese border and Gaza and the West Bank. In 2005, he received the Channel Four/Hansard Society Political Award for Opposition MP of the Year and the House Magazine Award for Backbencher of the Year. He has a long-standing interest in Burma and has frequently raised issues of democracy and genocide in the country.
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External links
- [Conservatives.com - John Bercow MP] official biography on the site of the Conservative Party
- [Buckingham Conservatives] constituency party
- [Guardian Unlimited Politics - Ask Aristotle: John Bercow MP]
- [They Work For You - John Bercow MP]
- [The Public Whip - John Bercow MP] voting record
- [BBC News - John Bercow] profile 21 October, 2002
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