Greg Knight MP East Yorkshire, Conservative, Government Whip (Vice-Chamberlain of HM Household)
Contact
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Tel 020 7219 8417
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Email: sothcottt@parliament.uk
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Website: Greg Knight website
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Constituency address
18 Exchange Street, Driffield YO25 6LJ United Kingdom -
Parliamentary address
House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA United Kingdom
Recent appearances
Most spoken phrases
Last updated 3rd Jun 2009
- Israeli settlements
- Northcote Road shops
- Dangerous dogs petition
- Clapham Junction tube
- Heathrow expansion
- Health services
- Fly tipping
This information is based on the most frequently spoken phrases by this representative.
Biography
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Born:
4/4/1949 -
Positions
PPS to David Mellor as Minister of State: Foreign and Commonwealth Office 1987-88, Department of Health 1988-89; Assistant Government Whip 1989-90; Government Whip 1990-93; Government Deputy Chief Whip 1993-96; Minister of State Department of Trade and Industry 1996-97; Deputy Shadow Leader of the House 2002-03; Shadow Minister for: Culture, Media and Sport 2003, Environment and Transport 2003-05, Transport 2005; Government Whip (Vice-Chamberlain of HM Household) 2012-. -
House of Commons Select Committees
Finance and Services. -
Electoral history
Member for Derby North 1983-97. Contested Derby North 1997 general election. Member for Yorkshire East 2001-10, for East Yorkshire (revised boundary) since 6 May 2010 general election. -
Political interests
Consumer issues, information technology, music, arts, home affairs. -
Party groups
Chair, Leicester and Leicestershire Young Conservatives 1972-73; Vice-chair, Conservative Parliamentary Candidates Association 1997-2001. -
Countries of interest
USA. -
International bodies
British-American Parliamentary Group: Executive Committee Member 2001-08, Treasurer 2008-.
Election record for East Yorkshire, 05 Jun 2010
| Party | Percentage of votes |
| Conservative | 47.4% |
| Liberal Democrat | 21.13% |
| Labour | 20.27% |
| Name | Party | Votes | % of votes |
| Knight, Greg | Conservative | 24,328 | 47.4 |
| Adamson, Robert | Liberal Democrat | 10,842 | 21.13 |
| Rounding, Paul | Labour | 10,401 | 20.27 |
| Daniels, Chris | UK Independence Party | 2,142 | 4.18 |
| Pudsey, Gary | British National Party | 1,865 | 3.64 |
| Allerston, Ray | SDP | 914 | 1.79 |
| Jackson, Mike | Green | 762 | 1.49 |
| Majority | 13,486 votes |
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| Electorate | 80,105 |
| Turnout | (51,328) 64.08% |
Registered interests
Gifts, benefits and hospitality (UK): I am a member of MP4, the Parliamentary rock group. The group has received sponsorship towards the launch of an album for charity in the form of financial assistance towards the recording costs from Ladbrokes plc and Research in Motion UK Limited. (Registered 26 March 2009)
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