Editing Mark Field (section)

==Private career==
Whilst an undergraduate at [[Oxford University]], Field became a personal assistant to the Conservative MP for [[Oxford West and Abingdon]], [[John Patten, Baron Patten|John (''now'' Lord) Patten]], before training as a solicitor and practising as a [[corporate law]]yer with [[Freshfields]] between 1990 and 1992. He then became a director of his own lawyer [[employment agency]], Kellyfield Consulting from 1994 until 2001; the company employed a dozen staff and turned over almost £2 million ''[[per annum|pa]]''. After being elected to [[Parliament of the United Kingdom|Parliament]] he sold his share of that business to a [[consortium]] headed by his ex-business partner.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thelawyer.com/issues/26-june-1995/in-brief-personal-touch-for-personnel-recruitment/|title=In brief: Personal touch for personnel recruitment|first=The|last=Lawyer|date=1 July 1995}}</ref>

Field served as vice-chairman of the [[Islington North (UK Parliament constituency)|Islington North]] [[Association of Conservative Clubs|Conservative Association]] between 1989 and 1991 and unsuccessfully stood as one of the Conservative Party candidates in the Quadrant ward in the Islington Council election in 1990.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Islington-1964-2010.pdf|title=Islington Council Election Results 1964–2010|publisher= Plymouth University|access-date=26 August 2018}}</ref> He was elected as a Conservative councillor for Abingdon ward on [[Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council]] in 1994, standing down in 2002 after entering the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Kensington-Chelsea-1964-2010.pdf|title=Kensington and Chelsea Council Election Results 1964–2010|publisher= Plymouth University|access-date=26 August 2018}}</ref>

He unsuccessfully contested the Conservative held seat of [[Enfield North]] at the [[1997 United Kingdom general election|1997 general election]]<ref name="parl">{{cite web|title=Mark Field|url=http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/mark-field/1405|website=UK Parliament|access-date=24 March 2015}}</ref> following the retirement of the sitting MP [[Tim Eggar]]. 1997 was the year of Labour's parliamentary landslide and he was defeated at that election by [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]'s [[Joan Ryan (politician)|Joan Ryan]] by 6,822 votes.

After leaving Parliament following the 2019 general election, Field was appointed as non-executive chairman of CIB Limited, a subsidiary of the [[Isle of Man]]-based investment bank Capital International Group in January 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.iomtoday.co.im/news/business/island-is-urged-to-forge-links-with-new-intake-of-northern-tory-mps-232804|title=Island is urged to forge links with new intake of northern Tory MPs|website=Isle of Man Today|date=31 January 2020|access-date=2020-04-29}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.capital-iom.com/team/mark-field|title=The Rt Hon. Mark Field|publisher=Capital International Group|accessdate=17 September 2022}}</ref>