Edward Argar
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Edward Argar MP |
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Member of Parliament for Charnwood |
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Assumed office 8 May 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Stephen Dorrell |
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9 December 1977 Ashford, United Kingdom |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Alma mater | Oriel College, Oxford |
Edward John Comport Argar (born 9 December 1977) is a British Conservative Party politician. He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Charnwood since the general election in May 2015.
Argar was born in Ashford and educated at the Harvey Grammar School, before taking a II.i in Modern History at Oriel College, Oxford. At university, he was unsuccessful in standing for elected office in the Oxford Union Society and the Oxford University Conservative Association, but was elected to the Executive of the Student Union Council.
After leaving University he spent 4 years working as Press Secretary for Shadow Foreign Secretary Lord Ancram, who at the time shared an office with then Shadow Cabinet Minister Sir Alan Duncan. He became a Conservative member of Westminster City Council in 2006 and a cabinet member in 2008. He contested the council leadership in 2012 but lost to Philippa Roe.
He stood in Oxford East in the 2010 General election. His election leaflet promised a Conservative Government would deliver a fairer society with improved public services and more NHS investment. However he was defeated by Andrew Smith the former Work and Pensions minister who achieved a +2.5% Conservative-Labour swing compared to a national average swing of -3.1% swing though the Lib-Dems were in second place. Argar subsequently attended selections in the constituencies of Newark, Tonbridge and Malling, Wealden and Mid Worcestershire, before being selected to contest the safe seat of Charnwood previously held by Stephen Dorrell; a Daily Telegraph article praising open primaries referred to him as a "serial candidate." The Leicester Mercury noting his selection had attracted criticism asked whether Parliamentary candidates should have a link to the constituency.
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