25 Facts About David Burrowes

David John Barrington Burrowes was born on 12 June 1969 and is a British politician.

David Burrowes was the Conservative Member of Parliament for Enfield Southgate from 2005 to 2017, is the co-founder of the Conservative Christian Fellowship.

David Burrowes has been the Chairman of the Equity Release Council since 2017.

David Burrowes was an Enfield Borough Council councillor for 12 years.

David Burrowes contested the safe Labour seat of Edmonton at the 2001 general election achieving a 1.0 swing away from sitting MP Andy Love who won by a majority of 9,772.

David Burrowes made his maiden speech on 20 June 2005.

David Burrowes was chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Protection of Cultural Heritage.

David Burrowes was appointed Parliamentary Private Secretary to Francis Maude MP, Minister to the Cabinet Office and Oliver Letwin, Minister responsible for Government Policy.

In September 2010, David Burrowes was reappointed as PPS to Letwin, providing support to Letwin's policy role across government and in particular in relation to drugs and alcohol treatment reform and future policy development.

In September 2012, David Burrowes was made Parliamentary Private Secretary to Owen Paterson, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

David Burrowes retained his advisory role with Oliver Letwin on the issue of drug and alcohol policy.

David Burrowes was a prominent opponent of the Government's proposals to introduce same-sex marriage into England and Wales, and helped establish the Coalition for Marriage against its adoption.

David Burrowes is reported as saying that it would risk leading to an "adulterer's charter", but his call for a referendum to be held on the issue was ignored.

At the general election in 2015 David Burrowes was elected for a third term and retained the same share of the vote won in 2010.

David Burrowes was Co-Chair of the Complex Needs and Dual Diagnosis APPG, Protection of Cultural Heritage APPG, and Stem Cell Transplantation.

David Burrowes is Co-Chair of the Complex Needs and Dual Diagnosis APPG, Protection of Cultural Heritage APPG, and Stem Cell Transplantation.

In 2015 David Burrowes was elected to the Home Affairs Select Committee and re-elected as Executive Member of the Conservative MPs' backbench 1922 Committee and Chairman of its Justice Committee.

David Burrowes spoke on a number of issues which led to changes in Government policy and legislation: he called for more Syrian refugees to be accepted in the UK; he successfully led the cross party opposition to assisted suicide and the relaxation of Sunday Trading laws, and he supported the blanket ban on the supply of so-called 'legal highs'.

David Burrowes became a "major focal point of the high profile campaign to stop computer hacker Gary McKinnon," a constituent, being extradited to the United States.

The Home Secretary decided to stop the extradition order which David Burrowes called "a victory for common sense and compassion".

In February 2015 David Burrowes was embarrassed to find himself canvassing for the 2015 United Kingdom general election on doorsteps in the home street of neighbouring MP Andrew Love after he and his campaign team accidentally strayed into the wrong constituency.

David Burrowes consistently opposed the Enfield "Mini Holland" scheme which was launched by the Council to promote cycling and safer streets in Enfield, but has given rise to many complaints by residents.

David Burrowes was reselected as prospective Conservative Parliamentary candidate for Enfield Southgate in December 2018.

David Burrowes serves as an LEA Governor at Broomfield School and St Paul's CE Primary School in Enfield.

David Burrowes is a trustee and active participant in his local church.