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Holden was a [[Conservative Party]] candidate in the 2015 general election and has worked for the party in a number of roles. | Holden was a [[Conservative Party]] candidate in the 2015 general election and has worked for the party in a number of roles. | ||
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In 2015 he was selected as the [[Conservative Party]]'s candidate in Preston for the general election.<ref> Lancashire Evening Post [http://www.lep.co.uk/news/local/conservative-candidate-to-fight-for-preston-parliamentary-seat-1-7073059 Conservative candidate to fight for Preston parliamentary seat], 27 January 2015, accessed 13 July 2015.</ref> He won 20 percent of the vote, but finished second to the [[Labour Party]]'s [[Mark Hendrick]] who 56 percent of the vote.<ref> BBC News [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000885 Preston], accessed 13 July 2015.</ref> | In 2015 he was selected as the [[Conservative Party]]'s candidate in Preston for the general election.<ref> Lancashire Evening Post [http://www.lep.co.uk/news/local/conservative-candidate-to-fight-for-preston-parliamentary-seat-1-7073059 Conservative candidate to fight for Preston parliamentary seat], 27 January 2015, accessed 13 July 2015.</ref> He won 20 percent of the vote, but finished second to the [[Labour Party]]'s [[Mark Hendrick]] who 56 percent of the vote.<ref> BBC News [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000885 Preston], accessed 13 July 2015.</ref> | ||
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==Education== | ==Education== | ||
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Latest revision as of 04:48, 20 December 2017
Richard Holden was a special adviser to Michael Fallon at the UK Ministry of Defence until early 2017.
He was previously an adviser to Baroness Evans, the Conservative Party leader of the House of Lords (and previously Baroness Stowell.
Holden was a Conservative Party candidate in the 2015 general election and has worked for the party in a number of roles.
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Career
After graduating from university, Holden joined the Conservative Party. He started as a data administrator and has since worked as a media monitoring officer, duty press officer, political press adviser and deputy head of press.[1]
In 2015 he was selected as the Conservative Party's candidate in Preston for the general election.[2] He won 20 percent of the vote, but finished second to the Labour Party's Mark Hendrick who 56 percent of the vote.[3]
Meetings
- Airbus, dinner 31 January 2017
Education
- BSc Government and History, London School of Economics and Political Science, 2004 – 2007
- Chair of LSE Conservatives whilst at university.[1]
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Linkedin Richard Holden, accessed 13 July 2015.
- ↑ Lancashire Evening Post Conservative candidate to fight for Preston parliamentary seat, 27 January 2015, accessed 13 July 2015.
- ↑ BBC News Preston, accessed 13 July 2015.
