President of Sussex Weald Conservative Association
We are delighted to have the area's former MP one-time UK Government's Energy Minister, the Rt Hon Prof Charles Hendry CBE HonFEI, as the Association President.
He was was educated at the University of Edinburgh, where he received an Honours Degree in Business Studies. He is a University Regent and also an Honorary Fellow of the Energy Institute.
Charles Hendry was Minister of State for Energy from 2010-12. He was previously the Conservative Party’s spokesman on energy issues, from 2005-2010, holding the portfolio for longer than any other spokesman.
He was returned as the MP for Wealden in 2001, remaining the constituency MP until standing down at the 2015 election.