David Curry
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The Right Honourable David Curry |
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| Chairman of the Standards and Privileges Committee | |
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In office 20 October – 19 November 2009 |
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| Preceded by | Sir George Young |
| Succeeded by | Sir Malcolm Rifkind |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Local and Devolved Government Affairs | |
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In office 11 November 2003 – 15 March 2004 |
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| Leader | Michael Howard |
| Preceded by | David Davis (Office of the Deputy Prime Minister) |
| Succeeded by | Caroline Spelman |
| Shadow Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food | |
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In office 11 June 1997 – 3 November 1997 |
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| Leader | William Hague |
| Preceded by | Douglas Hogg |
| Succeeded by | Tim Yeo |
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Member of Parliament for Skipton and Ripon |
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In office 12 June 1987 – 12 April 2010 |
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| Preceded by | John Watson |
| Succeeded by | Julian Smith |
| Personal details | |
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13 June 1944 Burton-on-Trent, United Kingdom |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Anne Helene Maud Roullet |
| Alma mater |
Corpus Christi College, Oxford Harvard University |
David Maurice Curry (born 13 June 1944) is a British Conservative Party politician. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Skipton and Ripon from 1987 to 2010.
Curry, the son of a teacher, was educated at the Ripon Grammar School where he was head boy in 1962, and then at Corpus Christi College, Oxford where he received a BA degree in Modern History in 1966. He also attended the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University as a Kennedy Scholar. He began his career as a reporter on the Newcastle Journal in 1966. In 1970, he became the world trade editor at The Financial Times where he remained until he was elected to the European Parliament. In 1977, he founded the Paris Conservative Association.
Curry contested the safe Labour seat of Morpeth at the February 1974 general election, but was beaten by the sitting Labour MP George Grant by 13,034 votes. The two met again at the October 1974 general election, when Grant won by 14,687 votes.
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