Gerry Malone

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Peter Gerald "Gerry" Malone (born July 21, 1950 in Glasgow ) is a Scottish Conservative Party politician . He was a member of the House of Commons from 1983 to 1987 and from 1992 to 1997 .

Family, education and professional career

Born in Glasgow, Malone received his education at St Aloysius' College there . This was followed by studies at the University of Glasgow . After retiring from politics, he worked as editor of the weekly newspaper The European in 1998 , which was discontinued at the end of the year. In 1999, Malone as CEO of pharmaceutical company Regent GM , the largest manufacturer of generic drugs in the United Kingdom . He later became CEO of Ultrasis, a company specializing in the development of products in the field of cognitive behavioral therapy . Malone is married.

Political career

Malone began his political career in the British general election in February 1974 . He ran in the constituency of Glasgow Provan , but reached only third place behind the candidates of the Labor Party and the Scottish National Party with 16.8%. In the 1979 elections, Malone was again defeated in the constituency of Roxburgh, Selkirk and Peebles , this time against the Liberal Party candidate David Steel . Four years later, he first stood in by-elections in the Glasgow Hillhead constituency , but was defeated by the candidate of the Social Democratic Party , Roy Jenkins . For the general election that took place in the same year, his party nominated him to succeed Iain Sproat as a candidate for the constituency of Aberdeen South . Here he managed to win the election with 15,393 votes or 38.9%. At the end of the legislative period in which he held the post of Whip from 1986 to 1987 , Malone lost his seat to Frank Doran . For the British general election in 1992 , however, he returned to politics and ran in the Winchester constituency, which is considered safe for the Conservative Party . He won the seat by a margin of 12.3% over the Liberal Democrats candidate . In the following legislative term, Malone held the office of Minister of State from 1994 under Secretary of Health Virginia Bottomley . In the 1997 elections , Malone involuntarily received high media exposure. On May 1, 1997 he was surprisingly defeated by a difference of only two votes against the candidate of the Liberal Democrats, Mark Oaten . Against this he initiated an electoral review procedure before the High Court of Justice . The court came to the conclusion on October 6, 1997 that 55 valid ballot papers had been incorrectly ignored, with 22 falling to Malone and 18 to Oaten, so that Malone should actually have won the election by two votes. The judges therefore ordered a by-election. This took place on November 20, 1997. Malone was clearly defeated with a difference of 21,556 votes.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Andrew Cusack: The life & death of The European ( English ) June 30, 2008. Archived from the original on March 14, 2011. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved August 6, 2014. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / norumbega.co.uk
  2. ↑ Simon Bowers: Five companies charged in NHS price fixing row ( English ) In: The Guardian . April 6, 2006. Retrieved August 6, 2014.
  3. ↑ a b c Paul Linford: Where are they now: Gerry Malone ( English ) totalpolitics.com. January 25, 2011. Archived from the original on August 8, 2014. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved August 6, 2014. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.totalpolitics.com
  4. ↑ Result of the election on politicsresources.net ( memento of the original from June 16, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.politicsresources.net
  5. ↑ Election result on politicsresources.net ( memento of the original from October 14, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.politicsresources.net
  6. ↑ Result of the election on politicsresources.net ( memento of the original from June 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.politicsresources.net
  7. ↑ Result of the election on politicsresources.net ( memento of the original from May 8, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.politicsresources.net
  8. ↑ a b election results on politicsresources.net
  9. ↑ a b HIGH COURT ORDERS WINCHESTER POLL TO BE RE-RUN ( English ) Local Government Chronical. October 6, 1997. Retrieved August 6, 2014.

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personal data
SURNAME Malone, Gerry
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Malone, Peter Gerald
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Scottish politician (Conservative Party), member of the House of Commons
DATE OF BIRTH July 21, 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH Glasgow