Adam Holloway

Adam Holloway MP
Member of Parliament for Gravesham
Incumbent
Assumed office 5 May 2005
Preceded by	Chris Pond
Majority	9,312 (19.7%)
Personal details
Born	29 July 1965 (1965-07-29) Faversham, Kent
Nationality	British
Political party	Conservative
Residence	Gravesend
Alma mater	Magdalene College, Cambridge
Occupation	Politician
Profession	Soldier
Religion	Anglican
Website	www.adamholloway.co.uk

Adam James Harold Holloway (born 29 July 1965) is a British Conservative Party politician and the Member of Parliament (MP) for Gravesham.

Early life

Born in Faversham, Kent, a son of the Reverend Roger Holloway OBE (who died 2010), he was educated at Cranleigh School, Surrey, before going to Magdalene College, Cambridge, where he took the degree of MA in social and political sciences and Imperial College London, graduating with a MBA degree. Before entering the House of Commons he was commissioned in the British Army as a Grenadier. After leaving the army, he worked as an investigative journalist with ITN, World in Action, Panorama and the Sunday Times. During his military service he saw active combat in the Gulf War and elsewhere, being promoted to the rank of captain.

Parliamentary career

Holloway was elected in the 2005 General Election to represent the Kent constituency of Gravesham, defeating the Labour minister Chris Pond by just 654 votes, while acquiring one of the largest swings from Labour to Conservative in the country at 4.9% in that General Election. This was the first time since the Second World War that Gravesham (or its predecessor, the Gravesend constituency) had not been held by the party of government.

Holloway made his maiden speech in the House of Commons on 28 June 2005. He also spoke (on 15 September 2006) alongside US Congressman John Shimkus to students on the campus of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE).

Holloway sat on the Defence Select Committee from 2006 to 2010. He serves as Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Middle East Council.

Holloway was returned as MP for Gravesham on 6 May 2010 with 22,956 votes, 48.5% of the vote, and with an increased majority of 9,312.

In October 2010 he was appointed as Parliamentary Private Secretary to David Lidington, the Minister of State for Europe and NATO in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. He resigned from this junior Government post, on 24 October 2011, so as to be able to defy a three-line whip against a Commons motion tabled by a Tory backbencher on the EU and thereby representing what he understands to be the wishes of the majority of his constituents. Holloway's decision to quit his Government post was compounded by prospective legislation to which he is also strongly opposed.

External links

• Holloway's official website
• Contributions in Parliament at Hansard 1803–2005
• Electoral history and profile at The Guardian
• Voting record at PublicWhip.org
• Record in Parliament at TheyWorkForYou.com
• Profile at Westminster Parliamentary Record
• Profile at BBC News Democracy Live
• Profile on the Conservative Party website
• Debrett's People of Today

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Chris Pond	Member of Parliament for Gravesham 2005–present	Incumbent