General Election - May 5th 2005
Robert Key
your local Conservative Candidate

"Are you thinking what I’m thinking? It’s time to give you back your country. It’s time for action."

Biography - Tried & Tested

Rob was born in Plymouth in 1945 and moved to Salisbury in 1947 when his father became Bishop of Sherborne. His mother was a Headmistress and a Magistrate. Rob went to school at Leadenhall, Salisbury Cathedral School and Sherborne, then on to Clare College, Cambridge. For sixteen years he taught economics, first at Loretto School, Edinburgh and then at Harrow School.
Rob and Sue were married in 1968. Sue is a Scot, a science graduate and a former teacher. Their son, an investment banker, is married with a baby son. One daughter is a vet, the other an English teacher. The Keys are a Christian family.
Rob was elected MP for Salisbury in 1983. Margaret Thatcher appointed him an Environment Minister in 1990. Under John Major, Rob served as Minister for National Heritage and for Transport. Since 1997 he has been a Shadow Minister for Defence, Energy, and International Development. In 2004 Michael Howard appointed him Shadow Minister for Science.
He has served on House Select Committees on Education, Health, Defence and currently Science and Technology. He is Chairman of the Information Select Committee.
Rob is a Council Member of the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust and serves on the Board of Wessex Archaeology. Singing has always been important to him. He was a tenor with the Academy of St.Martin-in-the-Fields and the Monteverdi Choir. He also enjoys cooking and the countryside. He belongs to Plantlife International, The Wessex Wildlife Trust and the British Lichen Society and is President of the Salisbury Plain Branch of the Institute of Advanced Motorists.