Alistair Burt MP
Vice President
Alistair has been the Conservative Member of Parliament for North East Bedfordshire since June 2001, having previously held the seat of Bury North between 1983 – ’97.
Alistair has served as PPS to Rt. Hon Kenneth Baker (1985-90), junior minister at the Department of Social Security in 1992 and was promoted to Minister of State, Minister for Disabled People in 1995.
Returning to Westminster in 1997, Alistair was PPS to the Leader of the Opposition from November 2002 to May 2005, following which he was appointed Shadow Minister for Communities and Regeneration with responsibility for social justice and action. He is also currently co-ordinating work on Michael Heseltine’s Cities Task Force.
Alistair qualified as a solicitor in 1980 and has also worked in recruitment as a headhunter for the not-for-profit sector at Whitehead Mann GKR (1997 – 2001). In addition, Alistair is the co-Founder of the Enterprise Forum and served as Chairman between 1998 and 2001.
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