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Graham Stuart (politician)

Graham Stuart
MP
Graham Stuart 01-10-2014 1.jpg
Stuart in 2014
Chairman of the Education Select Committee
In office
9 June 2010 – 30 March 2015
Preceded by Barry Sheerman
Succeeded by Neil Carmichael
Assistant Government Whip in the House of Commons
Assumed office
18 July 2016
Member of Parliament
for Beverley and Holderness
Assumed office
5 May 2005
Preceded by James Cran
Majority 12,203 (23.2%)
Personal details
Born Graham Charles Stuart
(1962-03-12) 12 March 1962 (age 54)
Carlisle, Cumberland, England
Nationality British
Political party Conservative
Spouse(s) Anne Crawshaw
Children Two daughters
Alma mater Selwyn College, Cambridge
Website www.grahamstuart.com

Graham Charles Stuart (born 12 March 1962) is a British Conservative Party politician. He was elected Member of Parliament for Beverley and Holderness at the 2005 general election, and retained his seat in 2010 and 2015.

Graham Stuart was born in Carlisle, Cumbria, and studied at Glenalmond College, an independent school in Perthshire, followed by Selwyn College at the University of Cambridge from 1982 to 1985, where he read Philosophy and Law but failed his degree, after focusing his efforts on developing his "What's on in Cambridge" guide into a profitable business and remains non-executive chairman of the company.

He was Chairman of the Cambridge University Conservative Association during Easter 1985.

He was elected as a member of Cambridge City Council for the Cherry Hinton Ward in the 1998 local elections. He contested the Cambridge constituency as the Conservative Party candidate at the 2001 general election, coming in third place with 9,829 votes, 23% of the share. He was re-elected to Cambridge City Council in the 2002 local elections and served until 2004.


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