David Burrowes MP
Parliamentary Chairman

Before entering parliament in 2005, David worked as a solicitor for the Enfield firm Shepherd Harris and Co, specialising in criminal law, and was an advocate in police stations and Courts in Enfield, Haringey and Hertfordshire. In 1994, David was elected as the youngest councillor in the London Borough of Enfield representing Trent Ward. During the next 8 years David held a number of positions in the Conservative Group. He was elected as Member of Parliament in May 2005. David is a member of the Public Administration Select Committee and the Armed Forces Bill Select Committee. He is particularly interested in the policy areas of the criminal justice system, drugs, family policy and international human rights. David is married to Janet and has five young children.

Caroline Spelman MP

Caroline Spelman is Shadow Secretary for Communities and Local Government and is also a member of the CIF trustees. Caroline is a regular member of Knowle parish church in the Birmingham diocese where she has been a Sunday school teacher for a number of years but now her children are older prefers to work with older youth groups and their outreach to the community. She has recently taken up the cause of human trafficking by supporting Steve Chalke’s stop the traffic campaign. Caroline attends a Church of England Church.

Dr Mark Lloyd Davies

  Mark is the PPC for Bristol 

  South, and comes from an

  entrepreneurial family. His 

  parents built up three 

  successful businesses from

  scratch, starting out working

  from their kitchen table, and 

  going on to employ scores of people. He was educated at Royal Holloway, University of London and Amsterdam University. He is a specialist in climate change who visited Antarctica twice to conduct research for his PhD.

Mark is a big fan of rugby union, being a founder member of his active and growing rugby club. He is an ambassador for the charity ‘Wooden Spoon’ which supports disadvantaged children through sport.

In his spare time Mark enjoys family and friends, gym, travel and most sports. In September 2008 Mark married Alexandra at their church. Mark and Alex attend an evangelical Anglican church (Church of the Ascension, Balham Hill, London), where Alex is a Church warden. 

Mark worked in the Conservative Research Department (CRD) as a health expert and senior policy adviser to the Shadow Cabinet in the run-up to the 2005 General Election.

Today he works as the UK Government Affairs Manager for sanofi-aventis, Europe’s largest pharmaceutical company.

Andrew Selous MP

Andrew is the MP South West Bedfordshire and a shadow Work and Pensions Minister, having previously been in the Whips' office and Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Shadow Foreign Secretary. He was chairman of the Conservative Christian Fellowship, before being asked to chair the all party Christians in Parliament group. He has a particular interest in supporting strong families and marriages to promote social cohesion and reduce poverty.

Robin Millar

Robin is a councillor on Forest Heath District Council where he holds a variety of responsibilities in planning, economic development and licensing. In 2004 he founded a management consultancy with seven associates focussed on local government: www.millarconsulting.com. A lifelong Conservative, he is a governor of West Suffolk FE College, a Trustee of Relate (Norfolk & Suffolk), a former Deputy Chairman of West Suffolk Conservative Association and former Mayor of Newmarket. He is also project managing the construction of a 6,000 sq ft extension to his church. He is married to Bonny, a veterinary nurse.

Julie Gilstrap

Julie works as a Policy Advisor for the Association of Scottish Colleges and is a member of Charlotte Chapel in Edinburgh.  She completed the CCF's Under 35s Development Programme in 2005/06 and will be co-leading the programme from the 2007/8 intake of participants. She has been involved in the 2005 General Election in Scotland and is a committed member of the the Scottish CCF group.

Guy Hordern

Guy Hordern lives in Birmingham and is a single parent. He has been a City Councillor and Youth Court Magistrate and is currently Chairman of the Birmingham Standing Advisory Council for Religious Education. He is Chairman of Birmingham Conservatives and he wants to see Birmingham (and other large Cities) flourish following a Conservative renewal in Urban Local Government. He is an Anglican Lay Reader and worships at his local Parish Church.

 

Alastair McIver

Alastair McIver is Director of Communications for Interserve, a missions charity which places people in areas of need in Asia, the Middle East and the Arab World. Previously, he was editor of Tennis World magazine for 15 years and worked in tennis products for five years. He lives in Hertfordshire with his wife, Sally, and children Jessica and Carys. He is on the leadership team of his local Baptist church. He enjoys tennis, running, reading, writing and politics.

 

Simi Adedeji

   Simi Adedeji is a Housing

   Consultant and sits as a

   Magistrate on the Luton and

   South Bedfordshire Bench. She is

   an LEA School Governor at the

   William Austin School, and a

   Trustee of the Luton Community

   Housing Association.

Simi is married to Reverend Yemi Adedeji and they are blessed with three daughters.

A member of Jesus House, one of the largest Black Majority Churches in England, Simi is actively involved in encouraging more Black and Ethnic Minority involvement in the Conservative Party.

Margaret McVeigh

   Margaret is a former teacher with

   significant experience in teaching,

   pastoral care and management in

   secondary schools in Northern

   Ireland.  After studying theology

   for two years at LST she served on

   the UCCF Staff as the first woman

   staff worker in Ireland 1972-77. 

In 1999 she moved from Northern Ireland to London and joined the staff of CARE.  After eight years with CARE Margaret moved on to become Chief Executive of Springboard for Children. She maintains her interest in education through membership of the London Diocesan Board for School and as a school governor.

Margaret is a Licensed Lay Reader in the Church of England and a member of St Michael’s Church, Chester Square.  She is an experienced speaker and broadcasts regularly on Premier Christian Radio. She is an active member of the Vincent Square Ward Committee and of the Cities of London and Westminster Conservative Association Executive Council.

 

Lola Adedoyin

   Lola Adedoyin is a director of

   Online Drycleaners Ltd, a

   company she set up with her

   husband in 2008. She has a

   background in law and until

   December 2008, worked as the

   Legal and Compliance Officer for

   the charity, Jesus House.

She has also served as a volunteer for Jesus House for the past 10 years and continues to do so in her spare time. She is an LEA School Governor at Highwood Primary School, Bushey, Hertfordshire.

She worships at Jesus House and is a facilitator of the civic awareness group in the church, set up to promote and encourage participation in public life amongst Christians and ethnic minorities.

She is married to Ayo and they live in Hertfordshire with their daughter and son. Lola was raiused ans an Anglican and now attends a Pentecostal Church.

Cllr Mary Douglas

  Mary is married to Phil, with

  twins now aged 19.  She is a

  member of City Gate Church,

  Salisbury, of the Pioneer

  network.  She became a 

  County Councillor 4 years ago

  and appointed to the Cabinet,

  where she has held the   

  portfolios for Children and  

  Families, Adult Social Care

  and, currently, Culture.

  She is on the Approved List  

  for Parliamentary Candidates and is standing for re-election as a councillor this year.    

Mary is a qualified piano teacher and also plays flute and guitar.  She enjoys skiing, horse riding and walking, especially in the Austrian mountains.  She loves discussion and debate and is particularly fond of warm chocolate brownies…  

Elizabeth Berridge
Director

Elizabeth was a Personal Injury Barrister in Manchester before becoming CCF Director. She was the Parliamentary Candidate for Stockport in the 2005 General Election. Since arriving in London she has become a Trustee of “Kainos,” a Christian charity working in Prisons. She worships at St Michaels, Chester Square.

Mike Stevenson
Deputy Director

 

  After graduating with a

  BA (Hons) in Marketing and

  Business Mike joined Lever 

  Brothers as a graduate

  salesman, before moving

  into the Advertising and

  Direct  Marketing industry where he worked with BMP, Bates Dorland and Ogilvy & Mather Direct over a 10 year period.

In 1996 Mike moved onto the client side working for PPP Healthcare as Direct Marketing Manager, Mazda Cars (UK) as Marketing Manager, Michael Page International PLC as Marketing Director and Which? as Head of Marketing.

Mike joined the Conservative Christian Fellowship as Deputy Director in June 2009. He is married to Jackie, lives in Westminster, worships at Westminster Cathedral, and is writing a screenplay in his spare time.

Alexandra Wilkinson
Executive Assistant

Alexandra began working for the CCF in October 2008. She previously worked for Lord Taylor of Warwick in the House of Lords and at Holy Trinity Brompton as a Video Production Assistant. She graduated from the University of Essex having studied English Literature in 2007.

She worships at St Paul's Shadwell.