Parliamentary Advisors

Andrew Gwynne MP

Andrew Gwynne has been the Labour Member of Parliament for the constituency of Denton and Reddish since 2005.

In 1996 he became England's youngest councillor (aged 21), when he was elected to Tameside Council. Since being elected to Parliament, he has served in various shadow ministerial roles, most prominently Shadow Communities and Local Government Secretary on Labour's front bench. He is currently a Shadow Health Minister, and sits on the Home Affairs Select Committee. 

Arlene Foster, Baroness Foster of Aghadrumsee, DBE, PC 

Baroness Foster is a former politician from Northern Ireland who served as First Minister of Northern Ireland from 2016 to 2017 and from 2020 to 2021 and as Leader of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) from 2015 to 2021. She was the first woman to hold either position. 

Foster is a Member of the House of Lords, having previously been a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Fermanagh and South Tyrone from 2003 to 2021.

Baroness Foster is passionate about the British Overseas Territories and engaging with the wider UK family. 

Rt Hon Wendy Morton MP

Rt Hon Wendy Morton MP has been the Conservative Member of Parliament for Aldridge-Brownhills since 2015.

In 2018, she was appointed as an Assistant Government Whip before moving to the Ministry of Justice as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice. She later served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for European Neighbourhood and the Americas at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office, which included ministerial responsibility for the Overseas Territories, before becoming Minister of State for Transport. Under Prime Minister Liz Truss, she was appointed Government Chief Whip.

Henry Bellingham,  Lord Bellingham

Lord Bellingham sits as a Conservative member of the House of Lords.

He was previously the Member of Parliament for North West Norfolk from 1983-1997 and from 2001-2019. He served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Asia and the Pacific, which included ministerial responsibility over the Overseas Territories.

Sheryll Murray MP

Sheryll Murray MP has been the Conservative Member of Parliament for South East Cornwall since 2010.

Before her time in Parliament,  she served as Leader of the Conservative Group on Carden District Council. She currently sits on the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee.

Promoting, Supporting and Increasing Awareness 

of 

Britain's Overseas Territories

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