Barry Legg
| Barry Legg | |
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Member of Parliament for Milton Keynes South West |
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In office 9 April 1992 – 1 May 1997 |
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| Preceded by | New constituency |
| Succeeded by | Phyllis Starkey |
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In office 1978–1991 |
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| Preceded by | David Avery |
| Succeeded by | William Wells |
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| Born | 30 May 1949 |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Alma mater | University of Manchester |
| Profession | Chartered Accountant |
Barry Charles Legg (born 30 May 1949) was the Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Milton Keynes South West from 1992 until the 1997 general election when he was defeated by Labour's Phyllis Starkey. Legg is the chairman of the Eurosceptic Bruges Group.
Prior to becoming an MP Legg was a director of Hillsdown Holdings, one of Britain's biggest food groups at that time and owner of leading brands such as Typhoo tea, Hartley's jam and Buxted chickens, having joined the firm in 1978. He became company secretary in 1982 and a director in 1986. He left Hillsdown "by mutual consent" in September 1992 with a 'golden handshake' of £200,000 "after it was decided to replace him with someone who could devote their full energies to the job."
Legg - an accountant and tax specialist - entered politics in 1978 as a Conservative councillor for the Regent's Park ward on Westminster City Council. He became the Conservative Chief Whip on the council during Dame Shirley Porter's leadership. He was later linked with the 'homes for votes scandal' in which council homes in eight key marginal wards were sold instead of being re-let to council tenants or used to alleviate homelessness. Believing that council tenants were more likely to vote Labour, the Conservative council intended that this strategy would result in "a pattern of tenure which is more likely to translate into Conservative votes."
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