Try to shield English member in violent storm (7)
I believe the answer is:
tempest
'violent storm' is the definition.
(tempest is a kind of violent storm)
'try to shield english member' is the wordplay.
'try' becomes 'test' (synonyms).
'to shield' means one lot of letters goes inside another (some letters protect or shield others).
'english' becomes 'E' (abbreviation).
'member' becomes 'MP' (Member of Parliament).
'e'+'mp'='emp'
'test' enclosing 'emp' is 'TEMPEST'.
'in' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for tempest that I've seen before include "violent uproar" , "violent agitation" , "Shakespeare's 5" , "commotion" , "A great storm of wind and rain" .)