Jeremy Middleton
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Jeremy Middleton is a British
United Kingdom
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 Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)
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 politician, and a company director, educated at Tettenhall College
Tettenhall College
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.

He contested Newcastle upon Tyne
Newcastle upon Tyne
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 East and Wallsend
Wallsend
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 in the 1997 general election
United Kingdom general election, 1997
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, losing to Nick Brown
Nick Brown
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 by over 23,000 votes, and has five times unsuccessfully contested seats on Newcastle upon Tyne City Council. In the 2004 European Parliament election
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 he was listed second on the Conservative list in the North East region
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 but again failed to be elected as the Conservatives won just one seat.

He was the local Conservatives candidate in the 2004 Hartlepool by-election
Hartlepool by-election, 2004
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, where he came fourth.

Middleton served as President of the National Conservative Convention from March 2008 to April 2009

In April 2009, Middleton was elected onto the board of the Conservative party as Chairman of the National Convention.


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