Brian Binley
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Member of Parliament for Northampton South |
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In office 5 May 2005 – 30 March 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Tony Clarke |
| Succeeded by | David Mackintosh |
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1 April 1942 Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Residence | Hackleton, Northamptonshire |
| Occupation | Company Director |
Brian Arthur Roland Binley (born 1 April 1942) is a British Conservative Party politician. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Northampton South from 2005 to 2015.
Educated at Finedon Mulso Secondary Modern School on Wellingborough Road, (now a Junior School), in the town of Finedon in Northamptonshire, Brian Binley joined the Conservative Party in 1959. He was an organiser with the National Young Conservatives from 1965 to 1968. He is the Chairman of Wellingborough based BCC Marketing Services Ltd, the company he founded from 1988 to 2001, when it was liquidated by the company that had bought it in late 2001.
Binley was the Parliamentary Agent for the Wyre Forest Conservative Association during the 1997 general election campaign. He was elected to Northamptonshire County Council in 1997, where he was a Cabinet Member. He was selected to contest the Labour-held the Parliamentary marginal seat of Northampton South, and defeated the sitting Labour MP Tony Clarke at the 2005 general election by over 4,000 votes. Binley made his maiden speech on 25 May 2005.
He was also a Northamptonshire County Councillor for Hackleton division but did not restand for the county council at elections held in 2009.
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