Peter Aldous

Peter James Guy Aldous[1] (born 26 August 1961[2]) is a British Conservative Party politician. He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Waveney constituency in Suffolk since the 2010 general election.

Peter Aldous

MP
Aldous in 2020
Member of Parliament for Waveney
Assumed office
6 May 2010
Preceded byBob Blizzard
Majority18,002 (35.3%)
Personal details
Born (1961-08-26) 26 August 1961
Ipswich, Suffolk, England
NationalityBritish
Political partyConservative
ResidenceHalesworth
Alma materUniversity of Reading
OccupationMP
ProfessionChartered Surveyor
Websitepeteraldous.com
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Personal life

Peter Aldous was born in Ipswich, Suffolk.[2] He has lived in the north of the county for most of his life.[3] His family own farms near Ipswich and the market town of Halesworth.[1] He was educated at Harrow School and graduated from the University of Reading with a degree in Land Management in 1982.[2]

Before his election Aldous was as a chartered surveyor in Norwich.[1][2] He is a keen squash player. He supports Ipswich Town F.C..[3]

Political career

Aldous was elected as a councillor to Waveney District Council in 1999, serving until 2002.[2] He was a member of Suffolk County Council between 2001 and 2005[2][3] and was Deputy Leader of the Conservative Group from 2002 until 2005.[3][4]

Aldous was selected to contest the 2005 general election as the Conservative Party candidate for Waveney but lost to the sitting Labour Party Member of Parliament Bob Blizzard by a majority of 5,915.[5] He contested the seat again at the 2010 general election, this time obtaining 40.2% of the overall vote and generating a 6.8% combined swing from Labour to Conservative, enough to win the seat by a majority of 769.[4][5]

Aldous was opposed to Brexit prior to the 2016 referendum.[6]

Aldous has been a critic of his party over the implementation of Universal Credit and has called for the abolition of the five-week wait for payments.[7]

References
  1. Peter Aldous - Declaration of Interests Archived 15 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine, 2010-04-14. Retrieved 2011-05-14.
  2. ‘ALDOUS, Peter’, Who's Who 2013, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012 ; online edn, Nov 2012 accessed 31 Dec 2012
  3. Peter Aldous Archived 22 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Conservatives. Retrieved 2011-05-13.
  4. Guardian Unlimited Politics — Peter Aldous: Electoral history and profile, The Guardian. Retrieved 2011-05-13.
  5. Waveney, The Guardian. Retrieved 2011-05-13.
  6. Goodenough, Tom (16 February 2016). "Which Tory MPs back Brexit, who doesn't and who is still on the fence?". The Spectator. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
  7. Papworth, Andrew (10 June 2019). "'Inherently flawed' parts of Universal Credit need rethink, says MP". East Anglian Daily Times. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Bob Blizzard		 Member of Parliament for Waveney
2010–present		 Incumbent
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