Henry Bellingham

Henry Campbell Bellingham (born 29 March 1955) is an English politician and barrister. He is member of Parliament for Norfolk North West, and a member of the Conservative Party. He lives in his constituency, in the village of Burnham Market.

He first entered Parliament at the 1983 election, but lost it at the 1997 election. Nonetheless, he contested the seat again at the election in 2001, and won it back. Bellingham was re-elected in 2005.

He is a descendant of John Bellingham, the assassin of British Prime Minister Spencer Perceval in 1812. One of his opponents at the 1997 election was Roger Percival, a descendant of Perceval (Perceval was a candidate of James Goldsmith's Referendum Party).

External links

*Guardian Unlimited Politics - Ask Aristotle: Henry Bellingham MP
*TheyWorkForYou.com - Henry Bellingham MP