About Douglas
Douglas was elected MP for Harwich and Clacton in May 2005. He co-authored best selling book The Plan; 12-months to renew Britain.
In 2009, The Daily Telegraph nominated him a Briton of the Year, and Spectator readers voted him their choice as Parliamentarian of the Year.
Douglas had a proper job in business before politics, working in commerical television and then in fund management.
Born in 1971, Douglas grew up in Uganda and Kenya where his parents worked as doctors amongst some of the world's poorest people. He read history at the University of East Anglia and King's College, London.
Douglas first stood for Parliament against Tony Blair, as the Conservative candidate for Sedgefield in 2001 (He apologises for coming second, but did manage to cut Blair's majority by over 7,500 votes).
Married to Clementine, with a baby daughter, Douglas is keen on swimming, running and riding. He makes jam and is an enthusiastic gardener.
Douglas co-wrote "Direct Democracy; an agenda for a new model party", which the Spectator magazine described as "One of the founding texts for the new, revitalised Toryism... written by some of the brightest young Conservative thinkers".
He blogs each day at www.TalkCarswell.com and has written for the Financial Times, Sunday Times, Mail on Sunday, Telegraph and Spectator, as well as appearing on the Politics Show and Radio 4's Week in Westminster and Westminster Hour.