Deputy Chairman

Lord Barker was elected as MP for Bexhill and Battle 2001, serving on the Environmental Audit Select Committee 2001-2005. Following the election of 2010 he was appointed Minister of State at the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) and was appointed to the Privy Council in 2012. He pioneered UK “green” trade missions abroad and in addition to his role at DECC, served as Minister for Business Engagement with India from 2012-2014.

Raised to the peerage as Baron Black of Brentwood, of Brentwood in the County of Essex in 2010 , Guy Black was a Councillor on Brentwood District Council 1988-92.  He has political interests in Media and creative industries, health, education, energy and animal welfare.  He has a special interest in Italy. 

Vice Chair (Events)

Originally from Birmingham and now residing in London, Craig has been a Party member for the past few years. In 2015 he became an active member of LGBT+ Conservatives, attending almost every Pride event we had a presence at. 

Crispin Blunt contested West Bromwich East 1992 general election and has been Member of Parliament for Reigate since 1997.

Nick was elected Member of Parliament for Grantham and Stamford in 2010. He was Minister of State jointly for the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and the Department for Education 2012-2016.

Honorary Treasurer

Sean is the Leader of Trafford Council and a Vice Chairman of the Greater Manchester Combined Authority with portfolio responsibility for Skills, Employment and Worklessness across the city-region.

Conor spent the first few years of his life in Belfast before his family moved to Hertfordshire in 1980.  After secondary school in St Albans Conor went to Southampton University where he studied  Modern History and Politics.

Chairman

Colm is an entrepreneur and business strategist and has been involved in LGBT+ Conservatives for nearly a decade. He was previously LGBT+ Conservatives' Chairman and Vice-Chairman (Policy).

Ian was elected to the European Parliament in May 2014. He is a member of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety and Vice-Chair of the LGBTI Rights Intergroup. Ian Duncan was for seven years the Head of the Scottish Parliament’s European Office in Brussels, responsible for relations between the Holyrood Parliament and the EU institutions. He later served as European Advisor to the Parliament and Clerk to the European & External Relations Committee.