Derek Conway
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Derek Conway TD |
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| Vice-Chamberlain of the Household | |
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In office 23 July 1996 – 2 May 1997 |
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| Prime Minister | John Major |
| Preceded by | Andrew MacKay |
| Succeeded by | Janet Anderson |
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Member of Parliament for Old Bexley and Sidcup |
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In office 8 June 2001 – 12 April 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Sir Edward Heath |
| Succeeded by | James Brokenshire |
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Member of Parliament for Shrewsbury and Atcham |
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In office 10 June 1983 – 4 April 1997 |
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| Preceded by | Constituency created |
| Succeeded by | Paul Marsden |
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15 February 1953 Gateshead, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Colette Elizabeth Mary Lamb |
| Children | 2 sons, 1 daughter |
| Alma mater | Newcastle upon Tyne Polytechnic |
| Awards | Territorial Decoration |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Service/branch | The Light Infantry |
| Years of service | 1977–1994 |
| Rank | Lieutenant colonel |
Derek Leslie Conway TD (born 15 February 1953) is an English politician and television presenter. A member of the Conservative Party, Conway served as a Member of Parliament (MP) for the constituency of Shrewsbury and Atcham from 1983 to 1997, and Old Bexley and Sidcup from 2001 to 2010. He is currently a presenter of Epilogue, a book review programme on Press TV, an English-language international television news channel funded by the Iranian government.
In January 2008 Conway announced that he would stand down at the next general election after a Commons standards committee found that he had employed his son Freddie, a full-time student at Newcastle University, as a political researcher using public funds, despite there being no record of his son doing any work at Westminster. As a result, Conservative Party leader David Cameron withdrew the whip from Conway, effectively expelling him from the Parliamentary Conservative group. He received considerable criticism from the press concerning the misuse of funds.
Conway was born in Gateshead and was educated at Beacon Hill Comprehensive School in the town, Gateshead Technical College, and Newcastle upon Tyne Polytechnic.
In 1974, at the age of 21, Conway was elected as a councillor of the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead council. In 1977, he was also elected to the Tyne and Wear County Council, and was the Conservative group leader from 1979 until 1982. He stepped down from the county council in 1983, when he was elected to Westminster. At Gateshead he was the Deputy Conservative Group Leader for some years and remained a councillor at Gateshead until 1987, while simultaneously a member of parliament
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