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Michael Ancram is a former Conservative MP.
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[[Michael Ancram]] ('''Michael Andrew Foster Jude Kerr, 13th Marquess of Lothian''') PC, QC, MP (born 7 July 1945), is a United Kingdom Conservative Party politician.  He is MP for Devizes. [[Michael Ancram|Ancram]] was a signatory to the statement of principles of the [[Henry Jackson Society]], the premiere British neoconservative organisation founded in 2005.<ref>[http://www.henryjacksonsociety.org/signatories.asp?pageid=36 Signatories to the Statement of Principles], Henry Jackson Society, accessed 10 April 2009.</ref>
==Affiliation==
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*[[Henry Jackson Society Project for Democratic Geopolitics]]
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However on 21 April 2006 he became one of the first senior Conservative MPs to call for British troops to withdraw from Iraq, saying Iraq was effectively in a state of civil war and 'It is time now for us to get out of Iraq with dignity and honour while we still can.<ref>BBC Online, [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4929180.stm Tory MP urges Iraq troop pull-out] 21 April 2006</ref>
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More recently he has been criticised by neoconservatives such as [[Dean Godson]] and [[David Trimble]] for supporting negotiations with Hezbollah and Hamas on the model of the Irish peace process.<ref>Dean Godson, [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/article3926959.ece Why Hezbollah should be condemned], The Times, 14 May 2008.</ref>
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==Donations received==
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Ancram received £5,000.00 from Sir [[Henry Keswick]] of [[Jardine Matheson]] in 2001. His constituency of Devizes has continued to receive money from Keswick.<ref> Electoral Commission, [https://pefonline.electoralcommission.org.uk/Search/CommonReturnsSearch.aspx?type=basicDonationSearch Donation search], accessed 25 February 2015 </ref>
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==Affiliations==
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*[[Henry Jackson Society]]
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*[[Conservative Party]]
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==Notes==
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[[category:UK|Ancram, Michael]][[Category:MP|Ancram, Michael]][[Category:Conservative Party|Ancram, Michael]] [[Category:British Politician|Ancram, Michael]]

Latest revision as of 22:19, 2 March 2015

Michael Ancram (Michael Andrew Foster Jude Kerr, 13th Marquess of Lothian) PC, QC, MP (born 7 July 1945), is a United Kingdom Conservative Party politician. He is MP for Devizes. Ancram was a signatory to the statement of principles of the Henry Jackson Society, the premiere British neoconservative organisation founded in 2005.[1]

However on 21 April 2006 he became one of the first senior Conservative MPs to call for British troops to withdraw from Iraq, saying Iraq was effectively in a state of civil war and 'It is time now for us to get out of Iraq with dignity and honour while we still can.[2]

More recently he has been criticised by neoconservatives such as Dean Godson and David Trimble for supporting negotiations with Hezbollah and Hamas on the model of the Irish peace process.[3]

Donations received

Ancram received £5,000.00 from Sir Henry Keswick of Jardine Matheson in 2001. His constituency of Devizes has continued to receive money from Keswick.[4]

Affiliations

Notes

  1. Signatories to the Statement of Principles, Henry Jackson Society, accessed 10 April 2009.
  2. BBC Online, Tory MP urges Iraq troop pull-out 21 April 2006
  3. Dean Godson, Why Hezbollah should be condemned, The Times, 14 May 2008.
  4. Electoral Commission, Donation search, accessed 25 February 2015