Graham Riddick was the Conservative Partymember of Parliament for Colne Valley in West Yorkshire, England from 1987 to 1997. The Conservative Party is the largest political party on the right-of-centre 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. ... The Colne Valley crosses the Pennines in West Yorkshire. ... West Yorkshire is a metropolitan county in England, corresponding roughly to the core of the West Riding of the traditional county of Yorkshire. ... Wikimedia Commons has media related to: England Inter. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
He won the seat at the 1987 election, and retained it at the 1992 election. He contested it at the 1997 general election, but lost to the Labour Party's Kali Mountford. The UK general election, 1987 was held on June 11, 1987 and was the third victory in a row for Margaret Thatcher and the Conservatives. ... The UK general election, 1992 was held on April 9, 1992, and was the fourth victory in a row for the Conservatives. ... The UK general election, 1997 was held on 1 May 1997. ... The Labour Party is the principal centre-left political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics). ... Carol Jean Mountford known as Kali Mountford (born 12 January 1954, Crewe, Mrs Ian Leedham) is a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom. ...
In 1994 he was involved in the "Cash for Questions" scandal, and had to resign his position as a private parliamentary secretary. 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... The cash-for-questions affair was a controversial political scandal in 1990s Britain. ...
GrahamRiddick, MP for Colne Valley, complained to the Press Complaints Commission that information contained in an article in The Sunday Times of 10 July headlined "Revealed: MPs who accept £1,000 to ask a parliamentary question" was unfairly obtained through subterfuge.
Riddick has since told the Commission that as the House of Commons has established a Committee of Privileges to consider issues relating to this matter he does not wish to proceed with his complaint.
Riddick's complaint raises an important question of public interest on which it ought to adjudicate.
On 11 July 1994 Mr GrahamRiddick, MP for Coine Valley, complained to the Press Complaints Commission that information contained in an article in The Sunday Times of 10 July headlined "Revealed: MPs who accept 1,000 pounds to ask a parliamentary question" was unfairly obtained through subterfuge.
Mr Riddick has since told the Commission that as the House of Commons has established a Committee of Privileges to consider issues relating to this matter he does not wish to proceed with his complaint.
The Speaker of the House of commons has informed the Commission that she does not see any conflict between an adjudication by the Commission based on the provisions of the Code and any investigation by the Committee of Privileges.
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