Gary Waller
Member of Parliament
for Keighley
In office
9 June 1983 – 8 April 1997
Preceded byBob Cryer
Succeeded byAnn Cryer
Member of Parliament
for Brighouse and Spenborough
In office
3 May 1979 – 13 May 1983
Preceded byGeorge Jackson
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
Personal details
Born
Gary Peter Anthony Wallerstein

(1945-06-24)24 June 1945
Bradford, West Yorkshire, England
Died21 July 2017(2017-07-21) (aged 72)
Political partyConservative
Alma materLancaster University
OccupationPolitician
Websiterds.eppingforestdc.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=1235

Gary Peter Anthony Waller (24 June 1945 – 21 July 2017[1]) was a British Conservative politician.

Schooling

Waller was educated at 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 safe seat of Rother Valley in the February and October 1974 elections, but Peter Hardy retained the seat on both occasions. Waller was originally elected as the MP for Brighouse and Spenborough, taking the seat from Labour, at the 1979 general election, until 1983, when boundary changes meant the constituency was abolished. Instead, he was elected for nearby Keighley, defeating the Labour incumbent Bob Cryer.

During his time in Parliament, Waller served as Vice Chairman of the Parliamentary Information Technology Committee.[2] From 1992 to 1997, he served as Chairman of the House of Commons Information Committee,[3] which oversaw the work of the House of Commons Library and parliamentary IT.

At the 1997 general election, he lost his Keighley seat to Labour's Ann Cryer, widow of Bob Cryer.

1994 revelation

In January 1994, The 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's secretary. Waller later admitted the claims were true.[4][5][6]

Local Government

Waller was elected a District Councillor on 5 May 2011 to represent the Lower Sheering Ward on Epping Forest District Council. 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.[1] He was President of Harlow Conservative Association,[7] and lived near his ward. He also served on Hatfield Broad Oak parish council.

References

  1. 1 2 "News". www.eppingforestdc.gov.uk.
  2. ↑ "Layout 1" (PDF). Retrieved 12 June 2021.
  3. ↑ Waller, Gary Peter Anthony. 1 December 2017. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u38704.
  4. ↑ "TORIES IN TURMOIL / The Press: Waller attacks 'harassment' after". 17 January 1994.
  5. ↑ "SLEAZE: The list". 23 July 1995.
  6. ↑ "Two months of sex and sleaze". 8 February 1994.
  7. ↑ "Association Management Team". 15 July 2016.

Sources

  • "Times Guide to the House of Commons", Times Newspapers Limited, 1983 and 1997 editions.
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