Robert James MacGillivray Neill (born 24th June 1952) is a Conservative Party politician. The Conservative Party is one of the two largest political parties in the United Kingdom and the most successful party in political history based on election victories. ...

He has 3 paid positions: He is a member of the London Assembly for Bexley and Bromley (though he lives near to Canary Wharf in London's East End), a barrister at 2 Bedford Row Chambers [1] (he is a member of the Irish Bar), and a Non executive Director of North East London Strategic Health Authority. The London Assembly is an elected body that supervises the Greater London Authority and the Mayor of London. ... Greater London is divided into a number of constituencies for London Assembly elections. ... HSBC Tower (left), 1 Canada Square (centre), Citigroup Centre (right) Canary Wharf, seen from a high-level walkway on Tower Bridge Canary Wharf tube station (Jubilee Line) Docklands Light Railway station and entrance to underground station Canary Wharf viewed from Shad Thames Canary Wharf Tower and the HSBC World Headquarters...

He was a councillor in the London Borough of Havering, served as Greater London Council member for Romford 1985-86 and was a Greater London Council councillor for Romford. The London Borough of Havering is a London borough in East London and forms part of Outer London. ... Romford is a town in East London, England. ... Arms of the Greater London Council The Greater London Council (GLC) was the top-tier local government administrative body for Greater London from 1965 to 1986. ... Romford is a town in East London, England. ...

Neill was first elected to the London Assembly in the 2000 assembly election. He served as Leader of the Conservative Group on the Assembly from 2000/2 and again from 2004. The London Assembly is an elected body that supervises the Greater London Authority and the Mayor of London. ...

He previously stood for the Dagenham parliamentary constituency in 1983, at the age of 30, coming within 2,997 votes of winning the historically Labour seat from Bryan Gould MP. He also stood for election in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets in 1994 and 1998. Dagenham is a town within the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham. ... The Arms of The London Borough of Tower Hamlets The London Borough of Tower Hamlets is a London borough to the east of the City of London and north of the River Thames in East London. ...

On 3 June 2006 he was adopted as the Conservative candidate for the Bromley and Chislehurst by-election due to take place on 29 June 2006. The Parliamentary constituency forms part of Neill's London Assembly constituency. As a result of the cost of the resultant by-election he stated at his selection that he would not resign his job as a London Assembly member if he his elected as MP, which would see around 400,000 voters go to the polls. June 3 is the 154th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (155th in leap years), with 211 days remaining. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Bromley and Chislehurst is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... A by-election has been called for the UK parliament constituency of Bromley and Chislehurst, in London, following the death of Conservative Member of Parliament Eric Forth on 17 May 2006. ... June 29 is the 180th day of the year (181st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 185 days remaining. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The London Assembly is an elected body that supervises the Greater London Authority and the Mayor of London. ...

He is also a member of the EU's Committee of the Regions[2], and a member of the Federalist EPP-ED (European People's Party - European Democrats). A pro-european, he supported former Conservative Chancellor Kenneth Clarke in both of his bids for the leadership of the Conservative Party.

A Freemason, he is a member of the Greater London Lodge. American Square & Compasses Freemasonry is a worldwide fraternal organization. ... A typical gate keepers lodge at Mentmore, Buckinghamshire, England Lodge has several meanings that, in most cases, relates to a place of meeting: A place of residence, often informal or recreational, rather then permanent domicil A hunting lodge- some are true palaces, where a court and its unting guests...

His partner is Southend Conservative Councillor Daphne White [3] Southend is the name of a number of locations: Southend-on-Sea is the name of a town in Essex, UK Southend, Kintyre is the name of a village in Kintyre, Scotland This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same...

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• Biography from the London Assembly