Anthony Brian 'Tony' Baldry (born 10 July 1950) is a British Conservative Party politician. He is the Member of Parliament (MP) for Banbury.
Born in 1950, he was educated at Leighton Park School, a Quaker school, and the University of Sussex where he read Law. He became actively involved in student politics and during his time at Sussex, took the Students' Union to the High Court on the grounds that the Students' Union was making "ultra vires" pa...
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Anthony Brian 'Tony' Baldry (born 10 July 1950) is a British Conservative Party politician. He is the Member of Parliament (MP) for Banbury.
Born in 1950, he was educated at Leighton Park School, a Quaker school, and the University of Sussex where he read Law. He became actively involved in student politics and during his time at Sussex, took the Students' Union to the High Court on the grounds that the Students' Union was making "ultra vires" payments out of Student Union funds to various political organisations. Baldry v. Feintuck (1972) 2 All ER 81 for the first time defined the legal status of Students' Unions.
In the February 1974 general election, Baldry was personal assistant to Maurice MacMillan, then Chief Secretary to the Treasury and in the October 1974 general election, he was personal assistant to Margaret Thatcher. When Margaret Thatcher became Leader of the Conservative Party in 1975, Baldry joined her Private Office, mainly to work as the link between Mrs Thatcher and...
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