Jeremy Middleton
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Jeremy Middleton CBE (born 19 November 1960) is standing as an independent candidate for the North East Mayor and a company director.
Education and career
Middleton, who was born in Wolverhampton and educated at Tettenhall College was the co-founder of 'Homeserve', a FTSE 200 insurance and maintenance company which is operating a £500 million revenue[1] and is based in Walsall.
He contested Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend in the 1997 general election as a Conservative Party candidate, losing to Nick Brown by over 23,000 votes, and has five times unsuccessfully contested seats on Newcastle upon Tyne City Council. In the 2004 European Parliament election he was listed second on the Conservative list in the North East region but again failed to be elected as the Conservatives won just one seat.[citation needed]
He was the local Conservatives candidate in the 2004 Hartlepool by-election, where he came fourth.
Middleton served as President of the National Conservative Convention from March 2008 to April 2009[2]
In April 2009, Middleton was elected onto the board of the Conservative party as Chairman of the National Convention.[3]
He was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2012 Birthday Honours for political and charitable services.[4]
As founder of the £50m investment company, Middleton Enterprises, Middleton has led investment in a number of companies, including Tyneside-based cable management company D-Line,[5] energy cost management firm Utilitywise,[6] and Atom Bank.[7]
In 2013, Middleton's firm, Middleton Investments, was one of the investors behind the Tim Roth film The Liability,[8] which was filmed entirely in Middleton's adopted home of the North East of England.
On February 18th 2016, Middleton became the first candidate to enter the North East mayoral race and subsequently resigned from the Conservatory Party. [9]
Jeremy Middleton is an open homosexual and was married to Keith Vaz on the 17th of October 2013[10].
References
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- ^ "Conservatives - Annual Report & Financial Statements for y/e 31 December 2008" Accessed 27 June 2010.
- ^ "Members of the Board, Jeremy Middleton", Conservative Party (UK). Accessed 2009-05-22.
- ^ "No. 60173". The London Gazette (invalid
|supp=(help)). 16 June 2012. - ^ Gibson, Robert. "Jeremy Middleton ups investment in cable management company D-Line". Retrieved 2 September 2015.
- ^ "HomeServe co-founder Middleton heats up Utilitywise after £3mln share buy". Retrieved 2 September 2015.
- ^ "Atom Bank gets six-figure backing". www.bqlive.co.uk. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
- ^ "Jeremy Middleton debuts in the film industry". www.thejournal.co.uk. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
- ^ "Middleton runs to become North East Major". Chronicle Live. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
- ^ "Keith Vaz and Middleton tie the knot". Retrieved 18th of October 2015.
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