Tim Yeo

Tim Yeo
Tim Yeo
	Yeo in 2014
Chair of the Energy and Climate Change Select Committee
	In office; 9 June 2010 – 30 March 2015
Preceded by	Elliot Morley
Succeeded by	Angus MacNeil
Minister of State for the Environment
	In office; 27 May 1993 – 6 January 1994
Prime Minister	John Major
Preceded by	David Trippier
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health and Social Security
	In office; 15 April 1992 – 27 May 1993
Prime Minister	John Major
Preceded by	The Baroness Cumberlege
Succeeded by	John Bowis
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Housing
	In office; 28 November 1990 – 15 April 1992
Prime Minister	John Major
Member of Parliament; for South Suffolk
	In office; 9 June 1983 – 30 March 2015
Preceded by	Constituency established
Succeeded by	James Cartlidge
Shadow Cabinet portfolios
1997–2001	Shadow Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
2001–2002	Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
2002–2003	Shadow Secretary of State for Trade and Industry
2003–2004	Public Services; Health; Education;
2004–2005	Shadow Secretary of State for Environment and Transport
Personal details
Born	20 March 1945; London, England
Political party	Conservative
Spouse	Diane Helen Pickard
Children	4
Alma mater	Emmanuel College, Cambridge

Timothy Stephen Kenneth Yeo (born 20 March 1945) is a British politician. A member of the Conservative Party, he was the Member of Parliament (MP) for the constituency of South Suffolk between the 1983 United Kingdom general election and that of 2015, when he was deselected by his constituency party.

Yeo served as the Minister for the Environment and Countryside from 1993 to 1994 in the government of Prime Minister John Major. He also served in the Shadow Cabinet from 1998 to 2005 under Conservative Party leaders William Hague, Iain Duncan Smith and Michael Howard.

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