Peter Nigel Edward Bruinvels (born 30 March 1950) is a British

United Kingdom

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 Conservative Party

Conservative Party (UK)

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 politician.

Surrey

Surrey

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-born, he was educated at St. John's School, Leatherhead

St. John's School, Leatherhead

St. John's School, Leatherhead is a public school in Surrey, England. It has about 420 male pupils and 60 female pupils, and from 2010 it will be fully co-educational....

, an independent school

Independent school

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. Bruinvels held various voluntary offices in the Conservative Party in Dorking

Dorking

Dorking is a historic market town at the foot of the North Downs approximately south of London, in Surrey, England.- History and development :...

 and at regional level in South East England

South East England

South East England is one of the nine official regions of England, designated in 1994 and adopted for statistical purposes in 1999. It consists of Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, East Sussex, Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Kent, Oxfordshire, Surrey and West Sussex...

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Bruinvels was elected to the Commons for the constituency of Leicester East

Leicester East (UK Parliament constituency)

- Elections in the 2000s :In 2005 this seat bucked the national trend as there was a swing to Labour whereas the national swing was 2.5% to the Conservatives.- Elections in the 1990s :- Elections in the 1970s :...

 at the 1983 general election

United Kingdom general election, 1983

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, by the narrow margin of 933 votes. The constituency was projected to be a safe seat for the Labour Party

Labour Party (UK)

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 after boundary changes, but at the height of Labour's unpopularity he defeated Patricia Hewitt

Patricia Hewitt

Patricia Hope Hewitt is an Australian-born British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament for Leicester West from 1997 until 2010. She served in the Cabinet until 2007, most recently as Health Secretary....

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Bruinvels is a Governor of the Church Commissioners

Church Commissioners

The Church Commissioners is a body managing the historic property assets of the Church of England. It was set up in 1948 combining the assets of Queen Anne's Bounty, a fund dating from 1704 for the relief of poor clergy, and of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners formed in 1836...

, a member of the General Synod of the Church of England

General Synod of the Church of England

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, a former Director of the Church Army

Church Army

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, Senior Inspector of Anglican Schools and is a Lay Canon of Guildford Cathedral

Guildford Cathedral

The Cathedral Church of the Holy Spirit, Guildford is the Anglican cathedral at Guildford, Surrey, England.-Construction:Guildford was made a diocese in its own right in 1927, and work on its new cathedral, designed by Sir Edward Maufe, began nine years later, with the foundation stone being laid...

. He carries out work for the Royal British Legion as County Field Manager for Surrey. He now runs his own public relations and media management company.

External links

• http://www.journalistdirectory.com/journalist/XAiLA/Peter-Bruinvels