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Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Gary_Waller > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Gary_Waller.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Waller > Source revision: 1347298671 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|British politician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2016}} {{Use British English|date=August 2016}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Gary Waller | honorific_suffix = {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|Cllr}} | image = Gary Waller Epping Forest.jpg | caption = | constituency_MP = [Keighley](/source/Keighley_(UK_Parliament_constituency)) | parliament = | majority = | predecessor = [Bob Cryer](/source/Bob_Cryer) | successor = [Ann Cryer](/source/Ann_Cryer) | term_start = 9 June 1983 | term_end =8 April 1997 | constituency_MP1 = [Brighouse and Spenborough](/source/Brighouse_and_Spenborough_(UK_Parliament_constituency)) | parliament1 = | majority1 = | predecessor1 = [George Jackson](/source/Colin_Jackson_(politician)) | successor1 = [Constituency abolished](/source/Boundary_Commissions_(United_Kingdom)) | term_start1 = 3 May 1979 | term_end1 = 13 May 1983 | birth_date = {{Birth date|1945|06|24|df=y}} | birth_place = [Bradford](/source/Bradford%2C_West_Yorkshire), [West Yorkshire](/source/West_Yorkshire), [England](/source/England) | death_date = {{Death date and age|2017|07|21|1945|06|24|df=yes}} | death_place = | spouse = | party = [Conservative](/source/Conservative_Party_(UK)) | alma_mater = [Lancaster University](/source/Lancaster_University) | occupation = Politician | birth_name = Gary Peter Anthony Wallerstein | website = {{URL |1=https://rds.eppingforestdc.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=1235}} }} '''Gary Peter Anthony Waller''' (24 June 1945 – 21 July 2017{{cite web | url=http://www.eppingforestdc.gov.uk/news/?p=33431 |title = News|website=www.eppingforestdc.gov.uk}}) was a British [Conservative](/source/Conservative_Party_(UK)) politician. ==Schooling== Waller was educated at [Rugby School](/source/Rugby_School), where he excelled at cross country running, and graduated from Lancaster University in 1967. ==Political career== ===Election=== Waller was the Conservative candidate for the [Labour](/source/Labour_Party_(UK)) safe seat of [Rother Valley](/source/Rother_Valley_(UK_Parliament_constituency)) in the [February](/source/February_1974_United_Kingdom_general_election) and [October 1974 elections](/source/October_1974_United_Kingdom_general_election), but [Peter Hardy](/source/Peter_Hardy%2C_Baron_Hardy_of_Wath) retained the seat on both occasions. Waller was originally elected as the [MP](/source/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)) for [Brighouse and Spenborough](/source/Brighouse_and_Spenborough_(UK_Parliament_constituency)), taking the seat from Labour, at the [1979 general election](/source/1979_United_Kingdom_general_election), until [1983](/source/1983_United_Kingdom_general_election), when boundary changes meant the constituency was abolished. Instead, he was elected for nearby [Keighley](/source/Keighley_(UK_Parliament_constituency)), defeating the Labour incumbent [Bob Cryer](/source/Bob_Cryer). During his time in Parliament, Waller served as Vice Chairman of the [Parliamentary Information Technology Committee](/source/Parliamentary_Information_Technology_Committee).{{cite web|url=http://pictfor.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/pitcom25web1.pdf |title=Layout 1 |date= |accessdate=2021-06-12}} From 1992 to 1997, he served as Chairman of the House of Commons Information Committee,{{Cite book |title=Waller, Gary Peter Anthony |date=1 December 2017 |language=en |doi=10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u38704 }} which oversaw the work of the [House of Commons Library](/source/House_of_Commons_Library) and parliamentary IT. At the [1997 general election](/source/1997_United_Kingdom_general_election), he lost his Keighley seat to Labour's [Ann Cryer](/source/Ann_Cryer), widow of Bob Cryer. ===1994 revelation=== In January 1994, ''[The People](/source/The_Sunday_People)'' newspaper published claims Waller was the father of an illegitimate son. The newspaper claimed he was the biological father of the son of Fay Stockwell, who was [Sir Marcus Fox](/source/Marcus_Fox)'s secretary. Waller later admitted the claims were true.{{cite news | url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/tories-in-turmoil-the-press-waller-attacks-harassment-after-admitting-he-has-son-1400518.html |title = TORIES IN TURMOIL / The Press: Waller attacks 'harassment' after|date = 17 January 1994}}{{cite news | url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/sleaze-the-list-1592762.html | title=SLEAZE: The list| date=23 July 1995}}{{cite news | url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/two-months-of-sex-and-sleaze-1392667.html |title = Two months of sex and sleaze|date = 8 February 1994}} ===Local Government=== Waller was elected a District Councillor on 5 May 2011 to represent the Lower Sheering Ward on [Epping Forest District Council](/source/Epping_Forest_District). He was the cabinet member for the Safer, Greener and Transport portfolio and a member of many committees and panels, including the Essex Police and Crime Panel. He was President of [Harlow](/source/Harlow) Conservative Association,{{cite web|url = http://www.harlow-conservatives.co.uk/association-management-team|title = Association Management Team|date = 15 July 2016|access-date = 24 July 2017|archive-date = 8 August 2017|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170808193612/http://www.harlow-conservatives.co.uk/association-management-team|url-status = dead}} and lived near his ward. He also served on [Hatfield Broad Oak](/source/Hatfield_Broad_Oak) [parish council](/source/Parish_councils_in_England). ==References== {{reflist}} ==Sources== * "Times Guide to the House of Commons", Times Newspapers Limited, 1983 and 1997 editions. == External links == * [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/tories-in-turmoil--the-press-waller-attacks-harassment-after-admitting-he-has-son-1400518.html TORIES IN TURMOIL / The Press: Waller attacks 'harassment' after] * {{Hansard-contribs | mr-gary-waller | Gary Waller }} {{s-start}} {{s-par|uk}} {{s-bef | before = [Colin Jackson](/source/Colin_Jackson_(UK_politician)) }} {{s-ttl | title = [Member of Parliament](/source/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)) for [Brighouse & Spenborough](/source/Brighouse_and_Spenborough_(UK_Parliament_constituency)) | years = [1979](/source/1979_United_Kingdom_general_election)–[1983](/source/1983_United_Kingdom_general_election) }} {{s-non | reason = constituency abolished }} {{succession box | title = [Member of Parliament](/source/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)) for [Keighley](/source/Keighley_(UK_Parliament_constituency)) | years = [1983](/source/1983_United_Kingdom_general_election)–[1997](/source/1997_United_Kingdom_general_election) | before = [Bob Cryer](/source/Bob_Cryer) | after = [Ann Cryer](/source/Ann_Cryer) }} {{s-end}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Waller, Gary}} Category:1945 births Category:2017 deaths Category:Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Category:UK MPs 1979–1983 Category:UK MPs 1983–1987 Category:UK MPs 1987–1992 Category:UK MPs 1992–1997 Category:People educated at Rugby School Category:Alumni of Lancaster University Category:Politicians from Bradford Category:Councillors in Essex --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Gary Waller](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Waller) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Waller?action=history)). 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