Charlie Dewhirst | |
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 Official portrait, 2024 | |
| Member of Parliament for Bridlington and The Wolds | |
| Assumed office 4 July 2024 | |
| Preceded by | New constituency |
| Majority | 3,125 (7.3%) |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Conservative |
Charles Alistair Geoffrey Dewhirst [1] is a British Conservative Party politician who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Bridlington and The Wolds since 2024. [2]
Dewhirst comes from a pig farming family near Driffield in East Yorkshire. [3] Dewhirst attended the University of Edinburgh before moving to London to begin a career in sports broadcasting. Dewhirst then worked as a parliamentary aide before working for a global communications agency,where he was involved in the introduction of the Groceries Code Adjudicator. [3]
In 2010 Dewhirst was elected to a councillor role for the Conservatives in Hammersmith,and in 2012 he joined UK Sport shortly before the 2012 Olympic Games. [4]
Dewhirst was the Conservative candidate for the constituency of Hammersmith in the 2015 general election [5] [4] and the 2017 general election. [6] [7]
He was the deputy leader of East Riding of Yorkshire Council. [8] Immediately prior to beginning his parliamentary campaign,he was the chief policy adviser for the National Pig Association, [9] who Dewhirst started working for in 2020. [3]
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