Parliamentary Career

Theresa Villiers started out as a Member of the European Parliament in 1999 and joined the Westminster ranks in 2005, holding a number of positions in opposition and in Government. Here's an overview of her career so far:

MEP for London, 1999 - 2005
Deputy Leader of the Conservatives in the European Parliament, 2001 - 2002
MP for Chipping Barnet 2025 - 2024 (re-elected 2010, 2015, 2017 & 2019)
Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury, 2005 - 2007
Shadow Secretary of State for Transport, 2007 - 2010
Minister for Transport, 2010 - 2012
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, 2012 - 2016
Secretary of State for the Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs - 2019 - 2020
Member of the Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament - 2020 - 2024

You can read Theresa's final contributions in Parliament below.

Coronavirus: Carers | Department of Health and Social Care | Written Answers

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether people caring for elderly relatives at home are entitled to be tested for

Tree Planting: Coronavirus | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | Written Answers

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to encourage the resumption of tree planting

European Chemicals Agency | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | Written Answers

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what provisions he has put in place to ensure that regulatory activit

Marine Environment: Standards | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | Written Answers

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the UK Marine Strategy produced under the UK Marine Strategy

Future Relationship with the EU | Commons debates

The nature of the trading relationship that the UK is now seeking with the EU means that, whatever the outcome of the negotiations, the form

Future Relationship with the EU | Commons debates

The nature of the trading relationship that the UK is now seeking with the EU means that, whatever the outcome of the negotiations, the form

Food: Northern Ireland | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | Written Answers

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to paragraph 33 of CP226 The UK's Approach to the Nort

Electric Vehicles: Coronavirus | Department for Transport | Written Answers

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to encourage the use of powered two wheel vehicles as an alternative to p

Public Houses: Coronavirus | Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy | Written Answers

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will bring forward legislation to remove the legal obligat

Food: Northern Ireland | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | Written Answers

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to paragraph 33 of CP226 The UK's Approach to the Northern I