Nigel Waterson

Conservative MP Eastbourne

Date of birth

12 October 1950

Political profile

Nigel Waterson retook Eastbourne for the Conservatives in 1992, after the Liberal Democrats had won a 1990 by-election.

Mr Waterson has yet to rise above middle ranking spokesmanships.

He served as parliamentary private secretary to Michael Heseltine in the last years of John Major's government, before becoming a whip under William Hague.

He also served as a local government and transport spokesman, where he portrayed himself as the friend of the driver.

He then served as a trade and industry spokesman before being returned to the backbenches in the 2002 re-shuffle.

His calls for widespread deregulation are the same measures which he has long been proposing to revitalise the hotel business of his tourism dependent seat.

Contact

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