Douglas Carswell

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Douglas Carswell MP

John Douglas Wilson Carswell (born 3 April 1971) is a British politician. He is the Conservative Member of Parliament for Harwich.

Political evolution

Carswell is the son of two doctors and spent much of his early childhood in Africa where his parents worked. He was educated at Charterhouse School and then read history at the University of East Anglia and King's College London. He became a press officer with the Conservative Party in 1997. At the 2001 General Election he was the Conservative candidate at Sedgefield, the constituency of the Prime Minister Tony Blair. Carswell reduced Blair's majority by approximately 7,500 votes.

Member of Parliament

Carswell was elected to Parliament at the 2005 General Election for the constituency of Harwich defeating the sitting Labour MP Ivan Henderson by 920 votes. He made his maiden speech on 28 June 2005 in the debate on the Identity Cards Bill. [1]. Member of Conservative Friends of Israel and the Direct Democracy group of young MPs.

Publications

He authored the pamphlet Direct Democracy – Agenda for a New Model Party, which was launched on the 13 June 2005. ISBN 1-84275-057-7

Author of "Paying for Localism" by the Adam Smith Institute.

Chief author of "The Localist Papers" by the Centre for Policy Studies, serialised in the Daily Telegraph May - June 2007. See www.telegraph.co.uk/thinklocal

External links

• Douglas Carswell official site
• ClactonTV.com community TV site
• TalkClacton community newspage site
• Douglas Carswell biography at the site of the Conservative Party
• Guardian Unlimited Politics - Ask Aristotle: Douglas Carswell MP
• Direct Democracy - An Agenda for a New Model
• TheyWorkForYou.com - Douglas Carswell MP
• The Public Whip - Douglas Carswell MP voting record