A one time advisor to cabinet minister William Waldegrave in the early 1990s, he went on to stand unsuccessfully as a Conservative Parliamentary candidate in the 1997 general election, and was later elected to parliament at the 2010 General Election for the Conservative seat of Macclesfield.
A one time advisor to cabinet minister William Waldegrave in the early 1990s, he went on to stand unsuccessfully as a Conservative Parliamentary candidate for St Albans at the the 1997 general election. He was elected to Parliament at the 2010 General Election for the Conservative seat of Macclesfield.