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:Robert has also stood for Council and was active in Conservative Students when at Exeter University. <ref>Robert Halfon [http://www.conservatives.com/tile.do?def=people.person.page&personID=126736 From his personal website], accessed 9 September 2007.</ref> | :Robert has also stood for Council and was active in Conservative Students when at Exeter University. <ref>Robert Halfon [http://www.conservatives.com/tile.do?def=people.person.page&personID=126736 From his personal website], accessed 9 September 2007.</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 11:49, 11 May 2015
Robert Halfon was elected MP for Harlow in 2010.[1]
Halfon's website stated in 2007:
- Robert is an adviser to a number of Conservative organizations and is currently Political Director of Conservative Friends of Israel. He has previously worked as Chief of Staff to Oliver Letwin and as a consultant to business. Robert is also an author having written essays for books and articles on subjects as diverse as Social Justice, Russia, Conservatism, and Corporate Responsibility.
- Robert is a Roydon Parish Councillor and a former Governor of Passmores School. He has fought Harlow twice as Conservative Parliamentary Candidate (in 2001 and 2005). He is a Patron of the Harlow Homeless Centre.
- At the 2005 election, Robert lost by just 97 votes after three recounts. Harlow Constituency is now the third most marginal in the country having had a Labour majority of 10,500 in 1997.
- Robert has also stood for Council and was active in Conservative Students when at Exeter University. [2]
In May 2015 he was announced as deputy chairman of the Conservative Party.[3]
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Notes
- ↑ About Robert, roberthalfon.com, 3 February 2012.
- ↑ Robert Halfon From his personal website, accessed 9 September 2007.
- ↑ ITV News Halfon named Conservative Party deputy chairman, 11 May 2015, accessed 11 May 2015.
