Annesley Abercorn

Annesley Abercorn is a young, active member of the United Kingdom's Conservative Party. He is a political researcher for the Rt Hon Oliver Letwin MP, Head of the Conservative Party Policy Review -, a leader in the Conservative Future Organisation, and associated with several other Conservative UK political organisations.

His personal website's slogan, '"Putting Politics First", used as the title for all of its pages, leave little doubt as to his future political aspirations.

Bio

 * Born in London, United Kingdom

Education

 * Highgate School, North London
 * University College London; Working towards a BA in Politics & East European Studies
 * Working towards a Duke of Edinburgh's Gold Award

Political Positions

 * 2001- Iain Duncan Smith party leadership campaign
 * 2002-03 - The Hon. Bernard Jenkin MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Defence; Parliamentary Assistant
 * 2003: Conservative Central Office; Defence & Foreign Affairs researcher for members of the Parliamentary Shadow Defence Team
 * Brent East Conservative Association; Executive Officer
 * Conservative Commission on Asylum, Timothy Kirkhope MEP; member
 * Conservative Commission on Immigration, Timothy Kirkhope MEP; member
 * Conservative Friends of Gibraltar; Vice Chairman
 * Conservative Future National Board; overseeing Political Events & Policy
 * Conservative Future, London Western Area; Chairman (Sept 2003-Sept 2005)
 * Conservative Future, Brent East Area; DeputyChairman
 * Dollis Hill ward committee; Deputy Chairman
 * Harlow Conservatives' General Election Campaign; Political Assistant
 * The Rt Hon Oliver Letwin MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; Political Researcher
 * Romford Conservative Association; Press Officer
 * Member of The Bow Group Council (www.bowgroup.org)

Quote

 * "There is only one reform of the House of Lords that is required and that is to reverse the last reform when a majority of hereditary peers were disgracefully removed, breaking an 800 year tradition. We shouldn't be breaking with tradition, but we should do our utmost to ensure that they continue! Its time to bring back the old hereditary peers and make it less easier for the Prime Minister to manipulate the Lords by appointing his set of cronies! Bring back the hereditary peers!"


 * --Annesley Abercorn, "Should the House of Lords be elected?",  BBC news, Talking Points, February 6, 2003

Media

 * Greg Hurst and Tom Baldwin, "Conservative Conference 2004", Times Online, October 05, 2004
 * Annesley Abercorn and Georgina Hill, "Michael Howard attracting the young vote" - ''(ram file direct link], BBC4 Archives, October 5, 2004

Political

 * Conservative Friends of Gibraltar - (July 6. 2005 - The Internet Register of record for cfgib.com, nominate.com has a whois record, but DNS lookups yield no address for it.)
 * Conservative Future
 * Kirkhope Conservative Commission Asylum Report 2003 -'Building a Fair *Asylum System' - (pdf file)
 * Kirkhope Conservative Commission Immigration Report 2004 - 'Building a Fair Immigration system' - (pdf file)