Member of Parliament for Hendon
Matthew is the Member of Parliament for Hendon and lives in the constituency. He is a keen sailor, both on the Welsh Harp and also off-shore on larger yachts. He has participated a number of times with the Welsh Harp’s Seahorse Sailing Club in the Round the Island race off the Isle of Wight.

When not on the water, Matthew also likes to be under it as he is a keen scuba diver and qualified up to the level of instructor. Over the years he has dived in several Mediterranean countries, the Caribbean, the Maldives, in the English Channel, off the coast of Cornwall and too many quarries and lakes in Lancashire and Cumbria!

He is also an elected Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and in 2005 undertook a 2,000 km exploration of the Libyan Desert. Travel in general is another of his interests and Matthew has visited many countries including Cyprus, India, Israel, the United States and almost all of the countries which recently joined the EU.

Matthew has worked for the BBC at Television Centre near Shepherd’s Bush.