Gregory Barker
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Gregory Leonard George Barker (born March 8, 1966) is a British politician, Conservative Member of Parliament for Bexhill and Battle.
Born in Sussex, he was educated at Steyning Grammar School, Lancing College, the University of London, and the London Business School.
He was a researcher at the Centre for Policy Studies in 1987, before joining Gerard Viian Gray as an Equity Analyst in 1988. In 1990 he became the Director for International Pacific Securities. He was the Vice Chair of the Hammersmith Conservative Association in 1993.
He contested the very safe Labour seat of Eccles, where he was roundly defeated by Ian Stewart. Barker then became the Vice Chair of the Tooting Conservative Association and an advisor to Conservative MP David Willetts.
Until shortly before entering Parliament at the 2001 election as the Member for Bexhill and Battle after the retirement of the sitting Conservative MP, Charles Wardle, Barker worked in Russia for the Sibneft oil group. It is somewhat unusual to see the seat of Bexhill and Battle in the political headlines, but in 2001 it was a close-fought affair between Barker and Nigel Farage of the United Kingdom Independence Party, who had the support of the previous MP, but Barker won by over 10,500 votes.
External links
- [Gregory Barker MP] official site
- [Guardian Unlimited Politics - Ask Aristotle: Gregory Barker MP]
- [TheyWorkForYou.com - Gregory Barker MP]
- [The Public Whip - Gregory Barker MP] voting record
- [BBC News - Gregory Barker] BBC profile
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