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John Horam
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Orpington
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Born:
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07-Mar-39
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Family:
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Married (Judith). Two sons
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Education:
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Silcoates School, Wakefield St Catharine's College, Cambridge
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Non-political career:
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Economist and Businessman Worked for the Financial Times and the Economist 1962-68 Founded Commodities Research Unit Ltd 1969 Managing Director of CRU Ltd
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Political career:
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MP Gateshead West 1970-83 (Lab 1970-81, SDP 1981-83) Parl'y Under-Sec of State for Transport 1976-79 Labour Spokesman, Economic Affairs 1979-81 SDP Parl'y Spokesman, Economic Affairs 1981-83 Joined Conservative Party in 1987 Appointed by the Prime Minister to Conservative Economic Policy Committee MP for Orpington 1992- Parliamentary Secretary, Office of Public Service 1995 Parl'y Under-Sec of State, Department of Health 1995-
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