Mike Weatherley

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Mike Weatherley was the Conservative Party Member of Parliament (MP) for Hove from 2010 to 2015.[1]

Weatherley is a former finance director of the Pete Waterman Group, and a former vice-president for Europe at the Motion Picture Licensing Company. In September 2013, he was appointed as the Prime Minister’s adviser on intellectual property.[2]

Weatherley decided not to stand at the 2015 general election after struggling with his health.[3] He was replaced by Graham Cox who lost the seat to the Labour Party's Peter Kyle by 1,236 votes.[4]

Donations

In October 2013 Weatherley received £10,000 from investment banker Stewart Newton. His constituency has received many over donations from Newton.[5]

Affiliations

Notes

  1. Mike Weatherley, www.parliament.uk, accessed 24 August 2013.
  2. Adam Sherwin,David Cameron appoints Iron Maiden-loving MP Mike Weatherley as music piracy advisor, Independent, 13 September 2013.
  3. Frank le Duc Hove MP to stand down at next election Brighton and Hove News, 3 July 2014, accessed 22 May 2015.
  4. BBC News Hove, accessed 22 May 2015.
  5. Electoral Commission, Donation search, accessed 25 February 2015