Geoffrey Cox

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(Charles) Geoffrey Cox, QC (born April 30, 1960, Swindon) is a British Conservative politician and barrister. He is the Member of Parliament for Torridge and West Devon.

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[edit] Early life

Geoffrey Cox was educated at King's College, Taunton and Downing College, Cambridge where he studied Classics and Law. In 1982 he became a barrister, and in 1992 founded Thomas More Chambers. During part of this time he was the standing counsel to the government of Mauritius. He took silk in 2003.

Geoffrey Cox has successfully led for the defence in a number of high profile cases. He is widely regarded as a gifted defence advocate, recently defending Nicholas van Hoogstraten, and is an eloquent speaker in the House of Commons.

[edit] Parliamentary career

In the 2001 general election, Geoffrey Cox unsuccessfully contested the marginal seat of Torridge and West Devon, being narrowly defeated by the Liberal Democrat John Burnett by just 1,194 votes. Geoffrey Cox successfully contested the seat again at the 2005 general election, beating Burnett's Liberal Democrat replacement, David Walter with a majority of 3,236. Geoffrey Cox made his maiden speech in Parliament on June 28, 2005 which was voted one of the four best maiden speeches of the year.

Geoffrey Cox's constituency has been reduced by boundary changes. The new notional majority for 2007 is widely thought to be around 2,700 before changes to levels in national support for each political party and Geoffrey Cox's performance are taken into consideration.

[edit] Personal life

He married Jean. They have one daughter and two sons.


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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
John Burnett		 Member of Parliament for Torridge and West Devon
2005 – present		 Incumbent


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