Zac Goldsmith
Frank Zacharias Robin Goldsmith (born 20 January 1975) is a British Conservative politician and journalist who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Richmond Park since 2010.
Political career
Goldsmith was appointed Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Quality of Life Policy Group in 2005, co-authoring its report published in 2007. The commission was entrusted with the responsibility of examining quality-of-life issues such as carbon emissions and climate change, clean air and transport, and to offer policy ideas based on the review. In 2006 he was placed on the Conservative "A-List" of prospective parliamentary candidates by David Cameron, then-Leader of the Opposition.
Through an open primary in March 2007, he was chosen to contest the constituency of Richmond Park against incumbent Liberal Democrat Susan Kramer, going on to win the Richmond Park seat in the 2010 general election with a majority of 4,091.
Education
Goldsmith was educated at four independent schools: at King's House School in Richmond and The Mall School in Twickenham, followed by Hawtreys School, near Great Bedwyn in Wiltshire, and Eton College in Berkshire, and later earned four A Levels as a student at the Cambridge Centre for Sixth-form Studies.
