Peter Atkinson (born 19 January1943) has been BritishMember of Parliament for Hexham since 1992. He is a member of the Conservative Party. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... January 19 is the 19th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1943 is a common year starting on Friday. ... 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. ... Creation 1885 MP Peter Atkinson Party Conservative Type House of Commons County Northumberland EP constituency North East England Hexham is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... The Conservative Party is the largest political party on the centre-right in the United Kingdom. ...
Peter has caused controversy, both within his constituency and beyond, regarding his support for hunting and the war in Iraq, his campaign against pardons for teenage soldiers shot for desertion during the First World War, and his blocking of a Private Members Bill on the live export of veal calves during the 1990s by reading from the London telephone directory in parliament to run the clock out.
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Guardian Unlimited Politics - Ask Aristotle: Peter Atkinson MP
PeterAtkinson also displayed a not-insignifant contempt for animals when he successfully managed to block a Private Members Bill on the live export of veal calves from going through parliament during the 1990s.
Peter is a loud and proud supporter of blood-sports, and has spoken of his support of fox-hunting on innumerable occasions, boasting of his continued disregard for animal life.
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