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.

Planning Permission: Environmental Impact Assessment | Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government | Written Answers

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what environmental impact assessment his Department has carried

Nature Conservation: Planning Permission | Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government | Written Answers

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what meeting he has held with organisations on the proposed cha

Nature Conservation: Planning Permission | Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government | Written Answers

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make it his policy to retain the current level of pr

Social Services | Department of Health and Social Care | Written Answers

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of the recom

British Overseas Territories: Companies | Foreign and Commonwealth Office | Written Answers

To ask Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent progress he has made on ensuring that Overseas Territories estab

Rail Timetabling | Commons debates

GTR has told me that these delays are going to carry on until mid-July.

Rail Timetabling | Commons debates

GTR has told me that these delays are going to carry on until mid-July.

Productivity | Oral Answers to Questions - Treasury | Commons debates

May I challenge the Government to maintain a strong emphasis on sound management of the public finances so we can invest in skills and appre

Productivity | Oral Answers to Questions - Treasury | Commons debates

May I challenge the Government to maintain a strong emphasis on sound management of the public finances so we can invest in skills and appre

Hamas: Proscribed Organisations | Home Office | Written Answers

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make it his policy to add the political wing of Hamas to the list of prosc