Cheryl Gillan is MP for Chesham and Shadow Secretary of State for Wales
Cheryl was Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Lord Privy Seal, Leader of the House of Lords from 1994 until July 1995. In July 1995 she was appointed Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Education and Employment.
She was appointed Frontbench Spokesman for Trade and Industry in June 1997, and in June 1998, she was appointed Frontbench Spokesman for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs. From September 2001 to June 2003, she was an Opposition Whip. In December 2003, she was appointed a Shadow Minister for Home, Constitutional & Legal Affairs.