Adam James Harold Holloway (born July 29 1965 in Faversham) is a British politician and is the Conservative MP for Gravesham. Before you can upload images you will need to register an account Only use this if you hold the copyright on the image. ... Before you can upload images you will need to register an account Only use this if you hold the copyright on the image. ... Faversham is a town in Kent, England, in the district of Swale, roughly halfway between Sittingbourne and Canterbury. ... The Politics series Politics Portal This box:      A politician is an individual who is a formally recognized and active member of a government, or a person who influences the way a society is governed through an understanding of political power and group dynamics. ... The Conservative Party (officially the Conservative and Unionist Party) is the second largest political party in the United Kingdom in terms of sitting Members of Parliament (MPs), the largest in terms of public membership, and the oldest political party in the United Kingdom. ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a parliament. ... Gravesham is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ...

Early life

He went to school in Surrey. He was educated at Magdalene College, Cambridge where he was awarded a MA in Social and Political Sciences and at Imperial College London where he earned an MBA. Before entering parliament, he served in the British Army with the Grenadier Guards and worked as an investigative journalist with ITN, World in Action, Panorama and the Sunday Times. During his military career he saw active combat in the Gulf War. Full name The College of Saint Mary Magdalene Motto Garde ta Foy Keep your Faith Named after Mary Magdalene Previous names Buckingham College Established 1428 Sister College(s) Magdalen College Master Duncan Robinson Location Magdalene Street Undergraduates 335 Postgraduates 169 Homepage Boatclub Magdalene College (pronounced ) was founded in 1428 as... In the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge and Dublin, the degree of Master of Arts (MA) is awarded to Bachelors of Arts of those universities on application after seven years seniority as members of the university. ... The Politics series Politics Portal This box:      Political Science is the field concerning the theory and practice of politics and the description and analysis of political systems and political behaviour. ... Affiliations Russell Group Association of MBAs IDEA League Association of Commonwealth Universities Golden Triangle Oak Ridge Associated Universities Nobel laureates 14 Website http://www. ... “MBA” redirects here. ... “Houses of Parliament” redirects here. ... The British Army is the land armed forces branch of the British Armed Forces. ... The Grenadier Guards is the most senior regiment of the Guards Division of the British Army, and, as such, is the most senior regiment of infantry. ... For other uses, see Journalist (disambiguation). ... ITN may refer to: Independent Television News In the news, a section on the Main Page of English Wikipedia This is a disambiguation page, a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title. ... World in Action was an investigative current affairs series produced by Granada Television in the United Kingdom from 1963 to 1998. ... Panorama is a long-running current affairs documentary series on BBC television, launched on 11 November 1953 and focusing on investigative journalism. ... The Sunday Times is a Sunday broadsheet newspaper distributed in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland, published by Times Newspapers Ltd, a subsidiary of News International which is in turn owned by News Corporation. ...

Parliamentary career

He was elected in the 2005 General Election for the Kent constituency of Gravesham, defeating the Labour minister, Chris Pond by just 654 votes, acquiring one of the largest swings from Labour to Conservative in the country at 4.9%. This was the first time since the Second World War that Gravesham (or its predecessor, the Gravesend constituency) had not been held by the party of government. Barring a change in the law, the next general election in the United Kingdom must be held some time before June 30, 2006. ... For other uses, see Kent (disambiguation). ... Gravesham is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... The Labour Party is a political party in the United Kingdom. ... Christopher Richard Pond (born 25 September 1952) is a politician in the United Kingdom. ... Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ... Gravesend was a constituency centred on the town of Gravesend, Kent which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1868 until it was abolished for the 1983 general election. ...

He made his maiden speech on June 28, 2005. He also spoke alongside U.S. Congressman John Shimkus to students on the campus of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE) on 15 September, 2006. is the 179th day of the year (180th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Shimkus visits Amman, Jordan in January of 2005. ... Bridge over lake on SIUE campus. ...

External links

• His website
• Guardian Unlimited Politics - Ask Aristotle: Adam Holloway MP
• TheyWorkForYou.com - Adam Holloway MP
• Voting record at the Public Whip
• Conservative Party's profile of Adam Holloway
• BBC Politics page