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About Brooks Newmark

Brooks lives in the heart of the constituency with his wife Lucy and their five children. Prior to entering Parliament Brooks was a Partner of Apollo Management LP, a leading venture capital firm.

Brooks Newmark and family

Brooks is an active member of his local community, including: fighting for a new Community Hospital in Braintree, calling for the preservation of the Rapid Intervention Team and the Minor Injuries Clinic in Witham; supporting the Cressing A120 Action Group; pressing for better rail link services for Braintree and Kelvedon; calling for better safety measures on the A12; opposing the expansion of Stansted and campaigning against the closure of several rural post offices.

In addition to spending as much time as possible with his children, Brooks is a keen Newcastle United supporter (and season ticket holder), and enjoys skiing and long distance running. Brooks has been involved in numerous charities (including Get Kids Going! Children in Need and Farleigh Hospice).

Brooks' Experience

At the 2001 General Election Brooks fought a vigorous campaign in Braintree and came within 358 votes of winning the seat back for the Conservatives.

Brooks and Lucy Newmark

As Ben MacIntyre reported in The Times just after the General Election, Brooks was "the Conservative Candidate who most impressed me this year....His vigorous determination to appeal to moderate Labour voters, while anchored in Party bedrock, was reminiscent of the tactics used by Labour in 1997 and Bush in 2000." (The Times, 9 June, 2001).

Brooks was unanimously readopted as the Party's Parliamentary Candidate in September 2002 and was elected as a Member of Parliament in May 2005. Brooks currently serves as a member of the Treasury Select Committee and the Science and Technology Select Committee. In addition, Brooks is co-Chairman of the Party’s ‘Women2Win’ Campaign.