NAME... James CleverlyWELL KNOWN FOR... Fighting Lewisham East at the 2005 General Election and being the
Conservative candidate for directly elected Mayor of Lewisham. Also for looking like Hugo Chavez and being a regular on this site (see here and here).
CONSERVATIVE PARTY HISTORY... Local government candidate in Lewisham in 2002, and 2004. Kept the Lib Dems in third place in Lewisham East with a 4.1% swing and an increased share of the vote. James spoke at the 2002 party conference on the role of the family in preventing crime and drug addiction, and the natural synergy between ethnic communities and the Conservative party.
CONSERVATIVE PARTY HISTORY... Local government candidate in Lewisham in 2002, and 2004. Kept the Lib Dems in third place in Lewisham East with a 4.1% swing and an increased share of the vote. James spoke at the 2002 party conference on the role of the family in preventing crime and drug addiction, and the natural synergy between ethnic communities and the Conservative party.
During
the 2005 election campaign James was called upon to defend the
Conservative immigration policies, this included the Editor’s Forum at
The Voice (Black newspaper), Sky News and a number of debates against
opponents such as Simon Hughes MP, Dianne Abbott MP and Paul Beoteng.
SPECIALIST AREAS... Defence, community cohesion, family, the countryside.
DID YOU KNOW...? James has been an officer in the Territorial Army for over 15 years. Despite
being from Lewisham James spent a year working in the highlands of
Scotland as a hill walking guide and assisting in vermin control
(shooting pigeons, rabbits and roe deer).
MAIN STRENGTHS... Strong public speaker and campaigner, diversity of experience.
IDEAL CONSTITUENCY... A London marginal.
MORE INFORMATION... Campaign webpage, Personal blog.
VOTING IN THIS SURVEY HAS NOW CLOSED. 135 VOTES WERE RECEIVED. 79% WERE IN FAVOUR OF JAMES CLEVERLY JOINING THE GOLDLIST. 19% WERE AGAINST. 3% DIDN'T KNOW.
