Philip Hollobone
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Philip Thomas Hollobone (born November 7, 1964) is a British politician and is both a Conservative Member of Parliament for the Kettering constituency (since 2005) and a member of Kettering Borough Council for the Buccleuch ward (since 2003).
Hollobone was educated at Dulwich College, London and the Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford where he was awarded a Bachelor of Arts degree. In 1984 he worked as a voluntary teacher in Honduras. He worked as an investment banker for thirteen years from 1987.
His elected political career began in the London Borough of Bromley, where he served as a councillor between 1990 and 1994, before unsuccessfully contesting Lewisham East at the 1997 General Election where he was defeated by the sitting Labour MP Bridget Prentice by 12,127 votes. In 1999, he served a one-year term as Chairman of the Bromley and Chislehurst Conservative Association.
He was later selected as the Conservative candidate for the marginal Northamptonshire constituency of Kettering for the 2001 General Election, being narrowly defeated by incumbent Labour MP Phil Sawford by just 665 votes. From this election onwards, Hollobone made Kettering his political base, securing election in 2003 onto Kettering Borough Council (representing the rural, and safe Conservative ward, of Buccleuch) as well as serving as Vice Chairman of the Kettering Conservative Constituency Association since 2002.
Hollobone secured election to the House of Commons at the second attempt, during the 2005 General Election, where he ousted sitting Labour MP Phil Sawford from the Kettering constituency by 3,301 votes. He made his maiden speech on May 24, 2005.[1]
He has been a member of the Transport Select Committee since 2006, and he is a rare example of an MP who does not employ an assistant, he has remarked that he prefers to carry out case work himself. [2]
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by Phil Sawford |
Member of Parliament for Kettering 2005 – present |
Incumbent |
[edit] External links
- Philip Hollobone MP biography at the site of the Conservative Party
- Guardian Unlimited Politics - Ask Aristotle: Philip Hollobone MP
- TheyWorkForYou.com - Philip Hollobone MP
- The Public Whip - Philip Hollobone MP voting record
| Cabinet Members of Kettering Borough Council | |
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Conservative (6): Freer (Leader) | Civil (Deputy Leader and Economic Portfolio) | Burton (Housing Portfolio) | Jones (Environment and Resources) | Malin (Customer Access) | Wiley (Leisure and Community) |
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| Members of Kettering Borough Council | |
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CONSERVATIVE MAJORITY OF 13 |
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| Wards of Kettering Borough Council (1999-Present) | |
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Conservative (13): All Saints | Barton Seagrave | Brambleside | Buccleuch | Desborough Loatland | Millbrook | Pipers' Hill | Rothwell Trinity | Slade | Spinney | St. Michael's | St. Peter's | Welland |
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| Elections to Kettering Borough Council | |
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1973 | 1976 | 1979 | 1983 | 1987 | 1991 | 1995 | 1999 | 2003 | By-Elections |
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