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[[Mark Garnier]] is the Conservative MP for Wyre Forest. Garnier was elected in May 2010 with a majority of 2,643 votes. <ref name= "Politics"> [http://www.politics.co.uk/reference/mark-garnier Mark Garnier] ''politics.co.uk'', accessed 4 March 2015 </ref>  
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[[Mark Garnier]] is the [[Conservative Party]] MP for Wyre Forest. Garnier was elected in May 2010 with a majority of 2,643 votes. <ref name= "Politics"> [http://www.politics.co.uk/reference/mark-garnier Mark Garnier] ''politics.co.uk'', accessed 4 March 2015 </ref> In the 2015 election he retained his seat with an increased majority of 12,871. <ref> [http://www.markgarnier.co.uk/news/mark-garnier-mp-eternally-grateful-voters-upon-re-election Mark Garnier MP "eternally grateful" to voters upon re-election] ''Conservatives'', 12 May 2015, accessed 13 May 2015 </ref>
  
 
He is also a member of the [[Treasury Select Committee]]. <ref name= "Politics"/>
 
He is also a member of the [[Treasury Select Committee]]. <ref name= "Politics"/>

Revision as of 07:16, 13 May 2015

Mark Garnier is the Conservative Party MP for Wyre Forest. Garnier was elected in May 2010 with a majority of 2,643 votes. [1] In the 2015 election he retained his seat with an increased majority of 12,871. [2]

He is also a member of the Treasury Select Committee. [1]

Background

Garnier's experience before politics was in finance and business. He worked for Charterhouse before leaving in 1981 to embark on a career in the City of London, starting as a junior clerk on the floor of the old Stock Exchange in the UK Government Debt department. [1]

In 2004 he chose to become more active in politics and decided to become a campaigner in his local area of Wrye Forest. [3] He stood for election in the 2005 general election but lost out to Richard Taylor, an independent Member of Parliament for Wrye Forest between 2001 and 2010.

Contact

Parliamentary

  • Address: House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
  • Telephone: 020 7219 3000
  • Email: mark.garnier.mp@parliament.uk

=Constituency

  • Address: 9a Lower Mill Street, Kidderminster, DY11 6UU
  • Telephone: 01562 746771
  • Email: mark@wyreforestconservatives.com

Web & Social media

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Mark Garnier politics.co.uk, accessed 4 March 2015
  2. Mark Garnier MP "eternally grateful" to voters upon re-election Conservatives, 12 May 2015, accessed 13 May 2015
  3. About Mark Mark Garnier, accessed 4 March 2015