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Candidate

  David Lidington
Aylesbury
Conservative Spokesman on Home Affairs

Elected in 2001? Yes
Personal details
Married (Helen)
4 sons.

Education
Haberdashers' Aske's School, Elstree
Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge (MA history, PhD).

Non-political career
British Petroleum 1983-86
Rio Tinto Zinc 1986-87
Special Adviser to Douglas Hurd: at Home Office 1987-89
at Foreign and Commonwealth Office 1989-90
Senior Consultant, The Public Policy Unit 1991-92.

Electoral history
Contested Vauxhall 1987 general election. Member for Aylesbury since April 9, 1992.

Political career
PPS: to Michael Howard as Home Secretary 1994-97
to William Hague as Leader of the Opposition 1997-99. Spokesman: Opposition Front Bench Spokesman for Home Affairs 1999-.

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