Which former leader of the Conservative party was MP for Folkestone and Hythe?
"in 2010 broke through the 10% figure, about one third of the Lib Dem vote. Through its history of just over half a century the constituency has been a Conservative safe seat. The current Member of Parliament is Damian Collins of the Conservative Party who was elected at the 2010 general election. Collins' predecessor for the seat was Michael Howard (served 1983—2010). Howard held a number of political posts during his career in Parliament, most prominently as Home Secretary from 1993-1997 and Leader of the Conservative Party from 2003-2005. Since the 2010 election there have been opinion polls conducted within"
"Folkestone and Hythe (UK Parliament constituency) Folkestone and Hythe () is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. The MP is Damian Collins of the Conservative Party. 1950-1983: The Municipal Boroughs of Folkestone, Hythe, Lydd, and New Romney, and the Rural Districts of Elham and Romney Marsh. 1983-2010: The District of Shepway. 2010–2018: The District of Shepway, and the Borough of Ashford ward of Saxon Shore. 2018-present: The District of Folkestone and Hythe, and the Borough of Ashford ward of Saxon Shore. Folkestone and Hythe consists of a hilly swathe of East Kent including the"
"the constituency, ahead of the next election. <br> <br> Folkestone and Hythe (UK Parliament constituency) Folkestone and Hythe () is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. The MP is Damian Collins of the Conservative Party. 1950-1983: The Municipal Boroughs of Folkestone, Hythe, Lydd, and New Romney, and the Rural Districts of Elham and Romney Marsh. 1983-2010: The District of Shepway. 2010–2018: The District of Shepway, and the Borough of Ashford ward of Saxon Shore. 2018-present: The District of Folkestone and Hythe, and the Borough of Ashford ward of Saxon Shore. Folkestone and Hythe consists"
"Folkestone and Hythe, which is currently (2017) represented by Damian Collins (Conservative). In the European Parliament, Folkestone is part of the South East England constituency, with ten MEPs. Local government consists of three tiers. In the first tier, Kent County Council, Folkestone is divided into two divisions each returning one County Councillor. Folkestone West is represented by Cllr David Monk (Conservative). Folkestone East is represented by Dick Pascoe. The second tier of local government is the non-metropolitan district. Folkestone forms a part of Folkestone and Hythe district, which was first established by the Local Government Act 1972 as Shepway. Folkestone"
"in 1970, to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster from 1970–72, and to the Secretary of State for the Environment from 1972-74. Costain was also a member of the Speaker's panel of chairman in the House of Commons. He was knighted in 1980. Albert Costain Sir Albert Costain (5 July 1910 – 5 March 1987) was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. He was Member of Parliament for Folkestone and Hythe from 1959 to 1983, preceding future Conservative leader Michael Howard. Costain was educated at King James's School, Knaresborough and the College of Estate Management. He became"
"as MP for Hythe in 1912. Damian Collins Damian Noel Thomas Collins (born 4 February 1974, Northampton) is a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. He was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Folkestone and Hythe at the 2010 general election. On 10 September 2012, Collins was made PPS to Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Theresa Villiers. Collins was educated at St. Mary's [R.C.] High School, a state voluntary aided comprehensive school in the village of Lugwardine in Herefordshire, followed by Belmont Abbey School, a former boarding independent school in Hereford, where he studied for his A"
"up as the 'call-up' took its toll. It was resurrected in 1945 and was able to be ready to play for the VE Day celebrations. As the Hythe Town Military Band it continued to play until the early 1990s, when the name once again changed to the current name: Hythe Town Concert Band. Every two years, Hythe Corporation hosts the Hythe Venetian Fete, when organisations and individuals create decorated floats which travel up and down the Royal Military Canal. Folkestone and Hythe are represented in Parliament by the Conservative MP Damian Collins, a former advertising executive and Oxford alumnus, re-elected"
"Folkestone & Hythe District Council Folkestone & Hythe District Council is the local authority for the Folkestone & Hythe district in Kent, which was known as Shepway until 2018. The District Council consists of 30 councillors representing 13 wards.: Following the May 2015 elections, the composition of Folkestone & Hythe District Council is 22 Conservatives, seven UKIP and one Labour. In October 2016 the 1 Labour councillor 'crossed the floor' to join the Conservative group. The composition of Folkestone & Hythe District Council is now: 23 Conservatives and 7 UKIP. In 2011, Lydd Airport's owners, seeking to expand the airport,"
"gave gifts to councillors that the councillors did not declare. Folkestone & Hythe District Council Folkestone & Hythe District Council is the local authority for the Folkestone & Hythe district in Kent, which was known as Shepway until 2018. The District Council consists of 30 councillors representing 13 wards.: Following the May 2015 elections, the composition of Folkestone & Hythe District Council is 22 Conservatives, seven UKIP and one Labour. In October 2016 the 1 Labour councillor 'crossed the floor' to join the Conservative group. The composition of Folkestone & Hythe District Council is now: 23 Conservatives and 7 UKIP."
"coastal towns of Folkestone and Hythe, in the south east of England. An urban area exists in and small suburban area around Folkestone and Hythe whereas rural communities of New Romney (which was a borough constituency until abolition as a 'rotten borough' in 1832), Lydd, Dymchurch, Lyminge and Elham contain significant farming communities, commuters to towns and business parks, including a small percentage to London and a large retired population. The Liberal Democrats or the Liberal Party have come second since February 1974, the Labour vote underwent a greater collapse here than on average at the 1983 general election and"
"Albert Costain Sir Albert Costain (5 July 1910 – 5 March 1987) was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. He was Member of Parliament for Folkestone and Hythe from 1959 to 1983, preceding future Conservative leader Michael Howard. Costain was educated at King James's School, Knaresborough and the College of Estate Management. He became production director on the formation of Richard Costain Limited in 1933 and was later chairman of the company. During his parliamentary career he was Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Minister of Public Building and Works from 1962 to 1964, to the Minister of Technology"
"Neville Trotter Sir Neville Guthrie Trotter DL (born 27 January 1932) is a retired British Conservative politician. Prior to becoming an MP he served as a Conservative councillor for Dene Ward in Newcastle upon Tyne, which covered the northern areas of Heaton, parts of Benton and the famous Freeman Hospital. He was also a Chartered Accountant. Trotter fought the safe Labour seat of Consett in 1970, but came a distant second to the incumbent, David Watkins. Sir Neville was elected as MP for Tynemouth at the February 1974 general election until he retired at the 1997 election. Although his majorities"
"Damian Collins Damian Noel Thomas Collins (born 4 February 1974, Northampton) is a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. He was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Folkestone and Hythe at the 2010 general election. On 10 September 2012, Collins was made PPS to Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Theresa Villiers. Collins was educated at St. Mary's [R.C.] High School, a state voluntary aided comprehensive school in the village of Lugwardine in Herefordshire, followed by Belmont Abbey School, a former boarding independent school in Hereford, where he studied for his A Levels. He then went up to"
"in its leader Iain Duncan Smith, he was elected unopposed. In the 2005 General Election, the Conservatives gained 33 new seats in Westminster, including five from the Liberal Democrats, but this still gave them only 198 seats to Labour's 355. Following the election, Howard resigned as Leader of the Conservative Party and was succeeded by David Cameron. Howard did not contest his seat of Folkestone and Hythe in the 2010 General Election and entered the House of Lords as Baron Howard of Lympne. He has been supportive of the Eurosceptic pressure group Leave Means Leave. Howard was born Michael Hecht"
"party into the next general election as, already aged 63, he would be ""too old"" by that stage, and that he would stand down ""sooner rather than later"", following a revision of the Conservative leadership electoral process. Despite the election of a third consecutive Labour government, Howard described the election as ""the beginning of a recovery"" for the Conservative party following Labour's landslide victories in 1997 and 2001. Howard's own constituency of Folkestone and Hythe had been heavily targeted by the Liberal Democrats as the most sought after prize of their failed ""decapitation"" strategy of seeking to gain seats from"
"Alan Haselhurst Alan Gordon Barraclough Haselhurst, Baron Haselhurst (born 23 June 1937) is a British Conservative politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Saffron Walden from 1977 to 2017, having represented Middleton and Prestwich as MP from 1970 to 1974. He was Chairman of Ways and Means from 14 May 1997 to 8 June 2010, and later Chairman of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association between 2011 and 2014. He was the oldest Conservative MP during his last Parliament, and stood down at the 2017 general election. In May 2018, he was appointed as a life peer, and currently sits"
"Jack Lopresti Giacomo ""Jack"" Lopresti (born 23 August 1969) is a British Conservative Party politician. At the 2010 general election, he was first elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Filton and Bradley Stoke, a constituency newly created after boundary changes. He is an advocate of the Eurosceptic campaign Leave Means Leave. Lopresti was born on 23 August 1969 in Southmead. After leaving school, Lopresti worked in his family ice cream business for over ten years. A former estate agent and mortgage broker, he worked for the Conservative Party as a Regional Development Officer and in the Conservative Party Treasurer's"
"Richard Fletcher-Vane, 2nd Baron Inglewood William Richard Fletcher-Vane, 2nd Baron Inglewood DL, usually called Richard Inglewood (born 31 July 1951) is a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. He was Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for Cumbria and Lancashire North from 1989 to 1994, and for North West England from 1999 to 2004. He inherited his title from his father in 1989, the same year he was first elected to the European Parliament. He remained a member of the House of Lords after the House of Lords Act 1999 after his election by fellow hereditary peers. He has"
"Andrew Feldman, Baron Feldman of Elstree Andrew Simon Feldman, Baron Feldman of Elstree, (born 25 February 1966) is a British barrister, businessman and Conservative fundraiser and politician. ""The Financial Times"" described Feldman as ""David Cameron's oldest political friend"" since their days together at Brasenose College, Oxford. Feldman was responsible for fundraising David Cameron's successful Tory leadership campaign in 2005. He was created a life peer by David Cameron in 2010, and then Chairman of the Conservative Party, first as co-chairman alongside Sayeeda Warsi and then Grant Shapps between 2010 and 2015, then on his own as sole chairman from May"
"only to lose it again at the 2017 general election. 1990 Conservative Party (UK) leadership election The 1990 Conservative Party leadership election in the United Kingdom took place on 20 November 1990 following the decision of Michael Heseltine, former Defence and Environment Secretary, to challenge Margaret Thatcher, the incumbent Prime Minister, for leadership of the Conservative Party. Thatcher failed to win outright under the terms of the election in the first ballot, and was persuaded to withdraw from the second round of voting. She announced her resignation on the morning of 22 November 1990, ending more than 15 years as"
"Ralph Assheton, 2nd Baron Clitheroe Ralph John Assheton, 2nd Baron Clitheroe, DL (born 3 November 1929) is an English aristocrat, businessman and public official. Lord Clitheroe was born on 3 November 1929. His father was Ralph Assheton, 1st Baron Clitheroe (1901–1984), a Conservative MP who served as Chairman of the Conservative Party from 1944 to 1946, and his mother was the Hon. Sylvia Benita Frances Hotham. His paternal grandfather was Sir Ralph Cockayne Assheton, 1st Baronet (1860–1955), and his maternal grandfather was Frederick William Hotham, 6th Baron Hotham (1863–1923). Clitheroe attended Eton College, and served as a 2nd Lieutenant in"
"Anthony Favell Anthony Rowland ""Tony"" Favell MBE (born 29 May 1939), is a former British Conservative Member of Parliament. Favell first stood for Parliament in 1979 for Bolsover, but was beaten by Labour's Dennis Skinner. He later became MP for Stockport from 1983 until 1992, when he was defeated by Ann Coffey of Labour. In 1990, Favell resigned as John Major's Parliamentary Private Secretary in a disagreement over whether the UK should enter the European Exchange Rate Mechanism. In 2007, Favell was elected to High Peak Borough Council for the Hope Valley ward. Times Guide to the House of Commons"
"parishioner of ""St Mary's RC Church"", in Oswaldtwistle. Ken Hargreaves Joseph Kenneth Hargreaves, MBE, KSG (1 March 1939 – 23 June 2012) was the Conservative Member of Parliament, for Hyndburn, Lancashire, between 1983 and 1992, when he lost his seat to Greg Pope from Labour. A chartered secretary and company administrator by profession, he served as a local councillor, and mayor, before his election to Parliament. In 1990, Hargreaves founded the ""Movement for Christian Democracy"", with Liberal Democrat MP David Alton (now Lord Alton of Liverpool), and served as Vice Chairman. After his defeat at the 1992 General Election, he"
"the story was being offered for publication to tabloids. On 13 April 2016, David Cameron's spokesman said, ""John Whittingdale's view was that this was in the past, and had been dealt with."" John Whittingdale John Flasby Lawrance Whittingdale, (born 16 October 1959) is a British Conservative Party politician and former UK Government minister. He is the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Maldon constituency. Whittingdale has been an MP since the 1992 general election, for a series of constituencies centred on the town of Maldon, Essex. He is Vice-Chairman of the 1922 Committee. He was a member of the Executive"
"William Hague William Jefferson Hague, Baron Hague of Richmond, (born 26 March 1961) is a British Conservative politician and life peer. He represented Richmond, Yorkshire, as its Member of Parliament (MP) from 1989 to 2015 and was the Leader of the Opposition from 1997 to 2001. He was Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs from 2010 to 2014 and was the Leader of the House of Commons from 2014 to 2015. Hague was educated at Wath Comprehensive School, the University of Oxford and INSEAD, subsequently being returned to the House of Commons at a by-election in 1989. Hague"
"Hall, in Powys, Wales. William Hague William Jefferson Hague, Baron Hague of Richmond, (born 26 March 1961) is a British Conservative politician and life peer. He represented Richmond, Yorkshire, as its Member of Parliament (MP) from 1989 to 2015 and was the Leader of the Opposition from 1997 to 2001. He was Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs from 2010 to 2014 and was the Leader of the House of Commons from 2014 to 2015. Hague was educated at Wath Comprehensive School, the University of Oxford and INSEAD, subsequently being returned to the House of Commons at a"
"Norman St John Stevas Norman St John-Stevas Norman Panayea St John-Stevas, Baron St John of Fawsley, ( ; 18 May 1929 – 2 March 2012) was a British politician, author, and barrister. A member of the Conservative Party, he served as the Leader of the House of Commons in the government of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher from 1979 to 1981. He was a member of parliament (MP) representing the constituency of Chelmsford from 1964 to 1987, and was made a life peer in 1987. His surname was created by compounding those of his father (Stevas) and mother (St John-O'Connor). Stevas"
"Cofton Hackett, Hagley, Hollywood, Lickey, Marlbrook, Rubery, Tardebigge and Wythall. The borough of Bromsgrove returned two members (Thomas Rassall and Thomas Barneford) to the original Model Parliament in 1295. However, borough status appeared lost when no other member was sent to any subsequent parliament under that status. Since its split from the neighbouring Redditch Constituency in 1983, it has returned a Conservative Member of Parliament (MP). The MP from 1997 to 2010, Julie Kirkbride, announced on 28 May 2009 that she would be standing down as an MP at the next General Election in light of the expenses scandal. Her"
"Conservative Party by Robert Courts, albeit with a significantly reduced majority. The constituency is coterminous with the district of West Oxfordshire, and includes the towns of Carterton, Chipping Norton and Woodstock. The constituency's first MP was Douglas Hurd, who served as a cabinet minister under both Margaret Thatcher and John Major, and retired in 1997. Hurd was succeeded by Shaun Woodward at the 1997 general election. However, Woodward defected to the Labour Party in 1999, and Witney unexpectedly had a Labour MP. Woodward chose not to stand in Witney as a Labour candidate and moved to the Labour safe seat"
"James's, central London. Andrew Feldman, Baron Feldman of Elstree Andrew Simon Feldman, Baron Feldman of Elstree, (born 25 February 1966) is a British barrister, businessman and Conservative fundraiser and politician. ""The Financial Times"" described Feldman as ""David Cameron's oldest political friend"" since their days together at Brasenose College, Oxford. Feldman was responsible for fundraising David Cameron's successful Tory leadership campaign in 2005. He was created a life peer by David Cameron in 2010, and then Chairman of the Conservative Party, first as co-chairman alongside Sayeeda Warsi and then Grant Shapps between 2010 and 2015, then on his own as sole"
"was survived by his second wife, Mary, and his daughter and surviving son from his first marriage. John Peyton, Baron Peyton of Yeovil John Wynne William Peyton, Baron Peyton of Yeovil, (13 February 1919 – 22 November 2006) was a British politician. He was Conservative Member of Parliament for Yeovil for 32 years, from 1951 to 1983, and an early and leading member of the Conservative Monday Club. He served as Minister of Transport (later renamed Minister of Transport Industries in the Department of the Environment) from 1970 to 1974. He was a candidate for leader of the Conservative Party"
"Michael Carttiss Michael Reginald Harry Carttiss (born 11 March 1938) was a British Conservative Party politician. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Great Yarmouth from 1983 until his defeat in 1997 by Labour's Anthony Wright. Carttiss was born and brought up in his future constituency and worked as a teacher in a local secondary school. He was the full-time agent for Anthony Fell from 1969, and was elected to Norfolk County Council in 1966. In 1973, Carttiss was elected to Great Yarmouth Borough Council and became its Leader from 1980 to 1982. In Parliament Carttiss allied with the right"
"2014. Although only the top candidate, Timothy Kirkhope, was elected, Kirkhope was appointed to the House of Lords in 2016. The party decided to appoint Procter as his replacement, rather than Alex Story, who had been second on the party list. John Procter (politician) John Procter (born 7 November 1966) is a British politician. Born in Leeds, Procter joined the Conservative Party. In 1992, he was elected to Leeds City Council, representing Wetherby ward until he was de-selected by party members in September 2017 and replaced by Wetherby Town Mayor, Norma Harrington. Procter served on Leeds City Council for 26"