David Burrowes

David is a Solicitor. He previously served as MP for Enfield Southgate between 2005 and 2017.

David has worked as a Solicitor for over 25 years specialising in Criminal Law before and since leaving Parliament. He has been a criminal defence advocate in police stations and Courts in London and Hertfordshire dealing with all levels of crime, from contested murders, sexual offences, drugs and fraud and road traffic cases. When in Parliament, David championed many issues – criminal justice, drugs and alcohol treatment, family policy, religious liberty, international human rights, welfare reform, refugees, and immigration detention.

David led changes in national policy and legislation – for example. making the Extradition Law with USA fairer, having stopped the extradition of his constituent Gary McKinnon. He established the compensation fund from prisoners’ earnings, supporting drugs and alcohol rehabilitation, stopping the relaxation of Sunday Trading laws, increasing provision for child refugees, securing additional funds for Universal Credit and disability benefit recipients. David was architect of the new curriculum requirement of Relationships Education and Relationships and Sex Education.

David is also the Chairman of the Equity Release Council and Parliamentary Director of the Conservative Christian Fellowship, an elder of his local church, a School Governor at Dame Alice Owens and a member of the Centre for Social Justice Addiction Advisory Board. David brings both his wealth of experience, his legal brain and extraordinary personable approach when dealing with clients.

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