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.

European Council | Commons debates

May I urge the Prime Minister to settle this issue as part of an interim deal with the EU, so that those affected do not have to wait for th

Business Premises: Planning Permission | Department for Communities and Local Government | Written Answers

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will take steps to assess the implications of the Grenfell Tower t

Grenfell Tower | Commons debates

Will the Prime Minister encourage local authorities to follow the lead that Barnet Council showed, with an immediate re-inspection of its hi

Animal Welfare: Sentencing | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | Written Answers

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make it her priority to extend the maximum sentence which

Tax Avoidance | HM Treasury | Written Answers

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much revenue has been raised through measures to tackle aggressive tax avoidance by large compani

Highway Code | Department for Transport | Written Answers

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will review the Highway Code to examine whether to introduce a universal duty to give way

Microbeads | Oral Answers to Questions - Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | Commons debates

What progress her Department has made on its plans to ban microbeads from certain products.

Microbeads | Oral Answers to Questions - Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | Commons debates

I strongly support the Government’s plans to ban microbeads in cosmetics and personal care products, but they account for probably only abou

Topical Questions | Oral Answers to Questions - Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | Commons debates

Cleaning up the nation’s bus fleet is an important part of tackling air quality, but does the Secretary of State agree that smaller companie

Change of Use | Department for Communities and Local Government | Written Answers

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has made an assessment of the effect on (a) local