John Howell (politician)

John Howell
OBE MP FSA FRGS
Member of Parliament
for Henley
Assumed office
27 June 2008
Preceded by Boris Johnson
Majority 16,588 (31%)
Personal details
Born (1955-07-27) 27 July 1955[1]
London, England[2]
Nationality British
Political party Conservative
Alma mater University of Edinburgh, St John's College, Oxford
Website www.johnhowellmp.com

John Michael Howell OBE FSA FRGS (born 27 July 1955) is a British Conservative Party politician and the Member of Parliament (MP) for Henley, having won the seat with an increased share of the vote in the Henley by-election, 2008.

Early life

John Michael Howell was born on 27 July 1955. He studied at the University of Edinburgh and holds a doctorate in archaeology from St John's College, Oxford.[3]

Career

He worked as a tax inspector (1982–1985) for the Inland Revenue (now known as HM Revenue & Customs) before moving into the world of accountancy and consultancy as a tax adviser at Arthur Andersen and Ernst & Young. He became a partner in Ernst & Young in 1990.

Howell has been a presenter for BBC World and was a councillor on Oxfordshire County Council from 2004 to 2009. In 2000, he was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for "services to Export in Central and Eastern Europe."[4]

Following the 2010 General Election, Howell was appointed the Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Leader of the House of Commons and the Lord Privy Seal, then Sir George Young, Bt. MP.[5] He served on the Work and Pensions Select Committee and Justice Committee[6]

In 2012 Howell reported receiving death threats after responding to a question on whether he would be acting try to halt Israeli military actions with a reference to Hamas rocket attacks in an online exchange.[7][8]

Howell is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries and of the Royal Geographical Society.[3]

In January 2016, Howell suggested the reason he lost a poll, taken after a debate held at a local secondary school, was because "Young people generally tend to be more socialist-minded but they generally grow out of it."[9][10]

Howell was opposed to Brexit prior to the 2016 referendum.[11]

Books

References

  1. ↑ "John Howell MP". BBC Democracy Live. BBC. Retrieved 25 July 2010.
  2. ↑ Entry, Who's Who, Oxford University Press.
  3. 1 2 "About John". John Howell MP. Retrieved 25 September 2011. External link in |publisher= (help)
  4. ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 55710. p. 14. 31 December 1999.
  5. ↑ UK Parliament Biographies - John Howell, OBE MP
  6. ↑ "John Howell". UK Parliament. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
  7. ↑ "MP's fear over death threats". Henley Standard. 26 March 2012. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
  8. ↑ "30 March 2012". Bucks Herald. 30 March 2012. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
  9. ↑ "Thame Tories talk tough". www.thame.net. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  10. ↑ "Labour candidate hits back at 'disrespectful' comment about youth". www.thame.net. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  11. ↑ Goodenough, Tom (16 February 2016). "Which Tory MPs back Brexit, who doesn't and who is still on the fence?". The Spectator. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Boris Johnson		 Member of Parliament for Henley
2008–present 		Incumbent
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