Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (born 1953)
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Geoffrey Robert Clifton-Brown MP FRICS |
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Member of Parliament for The Cotswolds (2010– ) Cotswold (1997-2010) Cirencester and Tewkesbury (1992-1997) |
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Assumed office 9 April 1992 |
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| Preceded by | Nicholas Ridley |
| Majority | 21,477 (37.9%) |
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23 March 1953 Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Children | Jacqueline, Edward |
| Residence | Gloucestershire |
| Alma mater | Royal Agricultural College |
| Occupation | Member of Parliament |
| Profession | politician and farmer |
| Website | Clifton-Brown.co.uk |
Geoffrey Robert Clifton-Brown is the son of Robert and Elizabeth Clifton-Brown and was born in Cambridge 23 March 1953. Clifton-Brown is a British Conservative Party politician and comes from a family with a history of parliamentary service. He is the Member of Parliament for the United Kingdom constituency of The Cotswolds, Vice-President of the Alliance of European Conservatives and Reformists, as well as the Chairman of the International Office. Clifton-Brown has interests in wildlife conservation, also country living and has been the managing director of a farming company since 1979. He is also a Freeman of the City of London.
Clifton-Brown was educated at Tormore School, in Upper Deal, Kent and then Eton College, before he attended the Royal Agricultural College where he qualified as a chartered surveyor in 1975. He began his career as a graduate estate surveyor at the Property Services Agency in Dorchester in 1975 and later in that year became an investment surveyor with Jones Lang Wootton and became the vice chairman of the Norfolk North Conservative Association in 1984. He was elected as Constituency Chairman in 1986, a position he held until he resigned in 1991 in order to stand for election as a Conservative candidate.
During 1991 Clifton-Brown was selected as the candidate for the then Conservative parliamentary constituency of Cirencester and Tewkesbury, following the retirement of the former Cabinet minister Nicholas Ridley. He won the seat during the 1992 general election, with a majority of 16,058, and made his maiden speech on 12 June 1992.
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