Charles Geoffrey Cox, QC (commonly known as Geoffrey), is a Conservative politician, who was elected as member of Parliament for Devon West and Torridge in the 2005 general election. Queens Counsel (postnominal QC), during the reign of a male Sovereign known as Kings Counsel (KC), are barristers or, in Scotland, advocates appointed by Letters patent to be one of Her Majestys Counsel learned in the law. They do not constitute a separate order or degree of... The Conservative Party is the largest political party on the centre-right in the United Kingdom. ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. ... Torridge and West Devon is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... Barring a change in the law, the next general election in the United Kingdom must be held some time before June 30, 2006. ...
GeoffreyCox has successfully led for the defence in a number of high profile cases, famously alleged corrupt Metropolitan Police detectives and Nicholas Van Hoogstraten, a property developer erroneously imprisoned for manslaughter.
Cox successfully contested the seat again at the 2005 general election, beating Burnett's Liberal Democrat replacement, David Walter with a majority of 3,236.
Cox made his maiden speech in Parliament on June 28, [[2005] which was voted one of the four best maiden speeches of the year.
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