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'''Adam Holloway''' is a former army officer who was elected to serve as the MP for Gravesham in May 2005. In 2006 he was appointed onto the [[Defence Select Committee]]. According to Frederick Forsyth, Holloway served in the [[SAS]] during the First Gulf War, taking part in the operation to sabotage missiles in Iraq's western desert.<ref>Frederick Forsyth, [http://www.express.co.uk/ourcomments/view/175048? Pathetic Armchair Generals Shame US], ''Daily Express'', 14 May 2010.</ref> | '''Adam Holloway''' is a former army officer who was elected to serve as the MP for Gravesham in May 2005. In 2006 he was appointed onto the [[Defence Select Committee]]. According to Frederick Forsyth, Holloway served in the [[SAS]] during the First Gulf War, taking part in the operation to sabotage missiles in Iraq's western desert.<ref>Frederick Forsyth, [http://www.express.co.uk/ourcomments/view/175048? Pathetic Armchair Generals Shame US], ''Daily Express'', 14 May 2010.</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 14:58, 15 May 2015
Adam Holloway is a former army officer who was elected to serve as the MP for Gravesham in May 2005. In 2006 he was appointed onto the Defence Select Committee. According to Frederick Forsyth, Holloway served in the SAS during the First Gulf War, taking part in the operation to sabotage missiles in Iraq's western desert.[1]
In the 2015 general election, Holloway was re-elected with a majority of 8,380. [2]
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Background
Holloway was born in Faversham, Kent and educated in Surrey. He read Theology and then Social and Political Science at Cambridge University. After university he went to the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst before being commissioned into the Grenadier Guards. After leaving the army, he became an investigative journalist reporting for ITN from Bosnia and made a series of documentaries including undercover films on subjects such as living as a schizophrenic, living rough on the streets of London for three months, people trafficking and asylum seekers, and living life in a wheelchair.
According to his website, he 'campaigns on retaining and improving health services, crime and anti-social behaviour, more visible policing and champions those who work in the social services and voluntary sectors, without whom life would be very unbearable for those less fortunate than the majority'.[3]
Donations
Holloway received £1,500.00 from Australian businessman Sir Michael Hintze in October 2008.[4]
Affiliations
- First Defence - Parliamentary Chairman (May 2009-present) [5]
- Conservative Middle East Council - vice-chairman since June 2010
Notes
- ↑ Frederick Forsyth, Pathetic Armchair Generals Shame US, Daily Express, 14 May 2010.
- ↑ Adam Holloway Express, accessed 15 May 2015
- ↑ Adam Holloway's website About Adam, accessed 17 November 2010
- ↑ Electoral Commission, Donation search, accessed 2 March 2015
- ↑ First Defence, People, accessed 3 January 2011.
