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Charlie Dewhirst
British politician / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Charles Alistair Geoffrey Dewhirst[1] is a British Conservative politician who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Bridlington and The Wolds since 2024.[2]
Charlie Dewhirst | |
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![]() Official portrait, 2024 | |
Member of Parliament for Bridlington and The Wolds | |
Assumed office 4 July 2024 | |
Preceded by | New constituency |
Personal details | |
Political party | Conservative |
Dewhirst comes from a pig farming family near Driffield in East Yorkshire.[3] Dewhirst attended the University of Edinburgh before moving to London to begin a career in sports broadcasting. Dewhirst then worked as a parliamentary aid before working for a global communications agency, where he was involved in the introduction of the Groceries Code Adjudicator.[3] In 2010 Dewhirst was elected to a councillor role for the Conservatives in Hammersmith, and In 2012 Dewhirst joined UK Sport shortly before the 2012 Olympic Games.[4] Dewhirst was the Conservative candidate for the constituency of Hammersmith in the 2015 general election[5][4] and the 2017 general election.[6][7]
He was the deputy leader of East Riding of Yorkshire Council.[8] Immediately prior to beginning his parliamentary campaign, he was the chief policy adviser for the National Pig Association,[9] who Dewhirst started working for in 2020.[3]