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Zac Goldsmith

Zac Goldsmith is the Conservative Party Parliamentary candidate for Richmond Park. In 1997, aged 22, he was appointed reviews editor of the Ecologist. A year later he became editor in chief and director of The Ecologist, although he didn’t draw a salary. Zac Goldsmith publicly joined the Conservative Party at its annual conference in October 2005. Zac Goldsmith is married to Sharon Ventura-Bently, they were married in June 1999. But split up at the end of 2009. They have two daughters and a son together.

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Everyone should be able to get gagging orders, says MP Zac

15.06.11
Zac Goldsmith has called for reforms to allow people without wealth the access to super-injunctions... more

MPs tell ministers to get serious on discarded fish

17.05.11
MPs threaten 'huge trouble' if ministers ignore a Commons motion against EU laws that force fishermen to throw away perfectly good catches ... more

Zac Goldsmith 'puzzled' by Ofcom ruling

04.04.11
Conservative MP Zac Goldsmith has criticised media regulator Ofcom after it rejected his complaint over Channel 4 News reports about him ... more

Tory candidate spent £2.30 per vote... and came second

23.12.10
Election candidates in London spent more than £1 per vote in this year’s general election, the Evening Standard can reveal... more

Director and MP in fight to save King Street's Thirties cinema

06.12.10
Award-winning film director Carlo Nero and MP Zac Goldsmith join campaigners opposing plans to build apartments and a supermarket on the site of a Thirties art-deco cinema... more

Newest MPs back 'No' campaign to alternative vote

06.12.10
Twenty of the UK’s newest MPs add their backing to the campaign against the alternative vote system... more

Probe into Zac Goldsmith poll spending

21.07.10
Zac Goldsmith is to face an official inquiry into allegations that he breached general election spending limits... more

The secret file that let children get a beating

19.07.10
You don’t have to be a liberal bedwetter to be disturbed by the techniques described in Physical Control in Care... more

PM backs Zac Goldsmith over claim he broke poll spending rules

16.07.10
David Cameron gave his backing to Zac Goldsmith over claims the new MP breached election campaign spending rules... more

Pension funds must reveal exposure to environmental risks, demands Zac Goldsmith

15.06.10
Tory MP Zac Goldsmith calls for a shake-up of British pensions in the wake of the BP oil leak disaster... more

Sheherazade Goldsmith - The Green Goddess

11.06.10
Sheherazade Goldsmith's eco-fairytale marriage may be over, but she is still determined to live the good life with her free-range children and organic vegetable patch, discovers Hermione Eyre... more

Zac Goldsmith: Sack those MPs who lose the trust of their constituents

28.05.10
New Conservative MP for Richmond Park and North Kingston warns that politicians need to be more accountable to the public... more

Susan Kramer’s like an attack-dog, says Zac Goldsmith in ‘beauty and the beast’ fight

26.04.10
London battlegrounds: The gloves are off in one of the capital's most affluent seats as the Tories seek to overcome the Lib-Dems in Richmond Park... more

I’d say Zac Goldsmith is a better version of Nick Clegg

20.04.10
Just as the consequences of the volcano illustrate chaos theory, so the disruptive aberration of Nick Clegg may unexpectedly end up toppling one of the real outsiders in this election... more

Zac Goldsmith the first victim of Nick Clegg’s new TV popularity

19.04.10
Zac Goldsmith is set to lose his election bid in the wake of the Nick Clegg bounce, an exclusive Evening Standard poll of Londoners reveals... more

Zac Goldsmith vows to quit if Tories axe services at London hospital

15.04.10
Zac Goldsmith promises to immediately quit as an MP triggering a by-election if a Tory government axes key services at a London hospital... more

Zac Goldsmith to lobby MPs on pig cruelty

26.01.10
Zac Goldsmith, the Tory candidate for Richmond Park, is urging MPs to join a campaign against unethical pig farming ... more

Zac attacks: Goldsmith hits back at his critics

15.01.10
As Tory candidate for Richmond at the next election, millionaire Zac Goldsmith has been obliged to deflect endless flak, usually about money. Here he hits back... more

Zac Goldsmith hits at Lib-Dem ‘kneecapping’

11.01.10
Zac Goldsmith accuses the Liberal Democrats of trying to 'kneecap' him with attacks on his tax status and political funding... more

Zac Goldsmith pays out £260,000 of his own cash to get elected

15.12.09
Tory candidate Zac Goldsmith faces fresh controversy after he spent more than a quarter of a million pounds of his own money on getting elected... more

David Cameron accused of dithering over non-doms

14.12.09
David Cameron's plans to bar 'non-doms' from becoming MPs or peers came under fire amid fresh controversy over his party's own wealthy backers and candidates... more

Goldsmith: I did not tell of my 'non-dom' status

04.12.09
Tory candidate Zac Goldsmith faced fresh embarrassment today when it emerged he had failed to tell his local party about his 'non-dom' tax status... more

Zac Goldsmith drops non-dom status after attacks over tax

02.12.09
Zac Goldsmith today dramatically renounced his non-dom status after coming under attack for possibly avoiding tax... more

'Unethical' Sun has damaged us, says Tory Zac Goldsmith

01.12.09
Zac Goldsmith gave David Cameron a fresh headache after attacking the Sun newspaper, declaring that its backing had harmed the Tories... more

Cameron urges Tory candidate Zac Goldsmith to ditch non-dom status

30.11.09
High-profile Tory candidate facing pressure to end his "non-dom" tax status as party struggles to fend off claims that it wants to featherbed the rich... more

My London: Zac Goldsmith wants to bring in yellow school buses

11.09.09
Prospective parliamentary candidate Zac Goldsmith answers Sadie Whitelocks' questions... more

Who's in and who's out

26.01.09
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Zac stays loyal to eco-cause –but will Dave?

18.11.08
Zac Goldsmith is to present the Sustainable City Awards on behalf of the City of London Corporation... more

Boost for rugby star's bid to save games field

16.05.08
A campaign to save community playing fields earmarked for development has been given a huge cash boost... more

The future is mobile

30.05.07
Sue Steward reviews All Tomorrow's Pictures, an exhibition which celebrates the ICA's 60th birthday by getting 59 celebs to take phone pics.... more

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  • Zac Goldsmith and his family own a 300 acre eco farm in Devon, where they keep a variety of farm animals and have a vegetable garden, orchard and pond.
  • Zac Goldsmith has been a smoker since he was 14.
  • Zac Goldsmith is a poker enthusiast; he plays at the Aspinall’s club with family friends once a week.

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