David Wilshire
| David Wilshire | |
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Member of Parliament for Spelthorne |
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In office 12 June 1987 – 12 April 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Humphrey Atkins |
| Succeeded by | Kwasi Kwarteng |
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16 September 1943 Bristol |
| Nationality | English |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Alma mater | Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge |
David Wilshire (born 16 September 1943, Bristol) is a former Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Spelthorne in Surrey from 1987 to 2010 and was considered to be to the Right of his party.
Wilshire introduced Section 28 legislation in 1988 and in 2009 was implicated in the United Kingdom Parliamentary expenses scandal.
On 14 October 2009 Wilshire admitted using parliamentary expenses to pay £105,000 over three years to Moorlands Research Services, a company he set up and owned with his partner Anne Palmer to run his office. While the relevant authorities had approved this, the following day, after a meeting with the Conservative Chief Whip, he announced that he would not be standing as a candidate at the next general election.
He was educated at Kingswood School, Bath and Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge where he received an MA in Geography in 1965. He was a councillor on Wansdyke District Council from 1976 to 1987 and served as leader from 1981 to 1987. He was elected as councillor on Avon County Council from 1977 to 1981. He also worked for Conservative MEPs from 1979 to 1985.
As well as building up his own group of small businesses and working as a personnel officer and a schoolteacher, he was a partner with Western Political Research Services (1979–2000); the co-director of Political Management Programme, Brunel University (1985–90) and became a partner of Moorlands Research Service in 2000.
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