| Guy Opperman MP | |
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| Member of Parliament for Hexham |
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| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 6 May 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Peter Atkinson |
| Majority | 5,788 (13.3%) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 18 May 1965 [1] Marlborough, Wiltshire[2] |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservatives |
| Website | guyopperman.blogspot.com |
Guy Thomas Opperman[2] (born 18 May 1965) is a British Conservative Party politician, who was elected at the 2010 general election as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Hexham.[3]
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Opperman was educated at Harrow School and has an honours degree in law from the University of Buckingham and a first class diploma from the University of Lille, France.[4]
While a barrister at 3PB, he won the 2007 Bar Pro Bono Award for his many years of work with the Western Circuit Free Representation Unit and the Bar Pro Bono Unit, assisting people who were unable to pay for legal representation. He was named "The Times" Lawyer of the Week on 13 November 2007.[5] He is now a "door tenant" at 3PB and is no longer in active practice at the Bar.
Opperman previously stood for election in Swindon North in 1997 and for Caernarfon in 2005. He was a Councillor in Kennet from 1995 to 1999.[6]
Opperman rides as an amateur jockey, and was also a member of the English Barristers' team at the First and Second Lawyers Cricket World Cups in Hyderabad, India in 2007 and in Cambridge, England, in 2009.
Opperman was elected at the 2010 general election as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Hexham.[3]
His blog was awarded a 'Top MP's Blog' award by Total Politics magazine in 2010. [7] To date Guy continues to be one of Westminster's most prolific bloggers.
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by Peter Atkinson |
Member of Parliament for Hexham 2010–present |
Incumbent |