Richard Benyon making his victory speech at Newbury racecourse.
Richard Henry Ronald Benyon (b. September 4, 1960) is the current ConservativeMP for Newbury, elected at the 2005 UK general election with a majority of 3,460, replacing the Liberal DemocratDavid Rendel. Download high resolution version (717x754, 174 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Download high resolution version (717x754, 174 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... September 4 is the 247th day of the year (248th in leap years). ... 1960 was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 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. ... Newbury is a UK parliamentary constituency consisting of Newbury, Thatcham, Hungerford and a large part of the surrounding area of West Berkshire. ... The United Kingdom general election of 2005 was held on Thursday, 5 May 2005 and won by the Labour Party, led by Tony Blair. ... The Liberal Democrats, often shortened to Lib Dems, are a social liberal political party based in the United Kingdom. ... David Digby Rendel (15 April 1949-) is a British politician. ...
Previously he had failed to win the Newbury constituency at both the 1997 and 2001 general elections. The UK general election, 1997 was held on 1 May 1997. ... The UK general election, 2001 was held on 7 June 2001 and was dubbed the quiet landslide by the media. ...
External links
Guardian Unlimited Politics - Ask Aristotle: Richard Benyon MP (http://politics.guardian.co.uk/person/0,9290,-9299,00.html)
TheyWorkForYou.com - Richard Benyon MP (http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/richard_benyon/newbury)
David Digby Rendel (15 April 1949-) is a British politician. ... Newbury is a UK parliamentary constituency consisting of Newbury, Thatcham, Hungerford and a large part of the surrounding area of West Berkshire. ...
RichardBenyonMP for Newbury - Westminster Diary 7th May 2007
The local elections were the first electoral test we have had in West Berkshire since the General Election in 2005 and since David Cameron became leader of the Conservative Party.
He was made a JP in 1853, and succeeded RichardBenyon as Chairman of Quarter Sessions in 1884, dying in office only three years later at the comparatively young age of 65.
In receiving it, the county magistrates resolved, in the words of RichardBenyon, that ‘this court gladly and gratefully accepts from the subscribers the portrait of the late Mr Cherry...
James Herbert Benyon was the nephew of RichardBenyon and succeeded his uncle to the Englefield estate in 1897.
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