Member of Parliament for Mid Sussex . Sir Nicholas Soames was first elected in 1983. He has represented Mid Sussex since 1997 and he previously served as MP for Crawley.His Ministerial career included serving as Parliamentary Secretary at the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food from 1992-1994 and as Minister of State for the Armed Forces from 1994-1997.Between November 2003 and May 2005 Nicholas served in the Shadow Cabinet as Shadow Secretary of State for Defence.
