Neil Parish

Neil Parish
Official portrait, 2020
Chair of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee
In office
18 June 2015 – 4 May 2022
Preceded byAnne McIntosh
Succeeded byGeraint Davies (interim)
Member of Parliament
for Tiverton and Honiton
In office
6 May 2010 – 4 May 2022
Preceded byAngela Browning
Succeeded byRichard Foord
Member of the European Parliament
for South West England
In office
20 July 1999 – 14 July 2009
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byJulie Girling
Personal details
Born
Neil Quentin Gordon Parish

(1956-05-26) 26 May 1956 (age 68)
Bridgwater, Somerset, England
Political partyConservative
Spouse
Susan Gail
(m. 1981)
Children2

Neil Quentin Gordon Parish (born 26 May 1956) is a British farmer and former politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Tiverton and Honiton from 2010 until his resignation in 2022. A member of the Conservative Party, he was previously a member of the European Parliament (MEP) for South West England from 1999 to 2009. Parish chaired the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee from 2015 until his resignation from the House of Commons.

In April 2022, Parish had the Conservative party whip suspended pending an investigation into allegations that he had watched pornography in the Commons chamber during a debate. After admitting to the allegations, he resigned as an MP. His departure triggered a by-election held on 23 June, which was won by the Liberal Democrat candidate, Richard Foord.