Nicholas Bennett

Nicholas Jerome Bennett (born 7 May 1949 in Hampstead, London) is a British politician. A member of the Conservative Party, he served as a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1987 to 1992 representing the constituency of Pembrokeshire, and was a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Welsh Office from 1990 to 1992.

Bennett was a school teacher from 1976–1985, and also worked for a period in educational publishing.

Bennett was a Conservative Councillor in the London Borough of Lewisham from 1974 to 1982, serving as the Leader of the Opposition in the Borough from 1979 to 1981. He was also a member of the Inner London Education Authority (ILEA) from 1978 to 1981, where he served on the Development and Schools Committees.

After standing unsuccessfully for Hackney Central in 1979, Bennett was elected to Parliament as the MP for Pembrokeshire at the 1987 general election. He served as member of the Select Committee on Welsh Affairs from 1987 to 1990, and the Select Committee on Procedure from 1988 to 1990, and was Vice-Chairman (Wales) of the Conservative Backbench Party Organisation Committee in 1990. He was appointed the Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Minister of State at the Department of Transport, Roger Freeman, in 1990, before becoming a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Welsh Office from 1990 to 1992.

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