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Roger Gale
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'''Roger James Gale''' (born
August 20,
1943)
United Kingdom British politician He is the
Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Member of Parliament for
Thanet North (UK Parliament constituency) Thanet North.
Roger Gale was born in
Poole,
Dorset and was educated at the Southbourne
preparatory school (England) Preparatory School, and the Hardye's School,
Dorchester. He completed his education at the
Guildhall School of Music and Drama.
He is the only former
pirate radio disc-jockey to become a
Member of Parliament - see [http://www.offshoreradio.co.uk/djse2h.htm] Pirate Radio Hall of Fame. He joined
Radio Caroline North in August 1964, where he stayed until January 1965. In June of the same year he joined Caroline South, before becoming programme director at Radio Scotland.
Interestingly, he claims to be a descendent of
Sir Francis Drake.
He worked as the personal assistant to the general manager at
Universal Studios Universal Films for nine years from
1962, before joining the
BBC in
1972 as a
reporter for
BBC London 94.9 Radio London, becoming a producer of
current events current affairs in
1973. In
1976 he was appointed director of
children's television series children's television. He left the BBC in
1979 and joined
Thames Television as a senior producer on children's television where he remained until his election to
Palace of Westminster parliament.
He joined the Conservative Party in
1964, and was elected as the vice chairman of the Conservative Association in
Holborn and
St Pancras, London St Pancras in
1971. He was selected to contested
Birmingham Northfield (UK Parliament constituency) Birmingham Northfield at the
List of UK by-elections#48th Parliament (1979 - 1983) 1982 by-election caused by the
suicide of the sitting Conservative MP Jocelyn Cadbury. He narrowly lost the by-election to
Labour Party (UK) Labour's John Spellar by just 289 votes. He was elected to the
British House of Commons House of Commons at the
United Kingdom general election, 1983 1983 General Election for the newly drawn
Kent seat of Thanet North. He won the seat with a majority of 14,545 and has remained the MP there since. His Labour Party oppponent in the 1983 election was
Cherie Blair, wife of the current Prime Minister.
He served as a member of the
Home Office home affairs select committee in
1990 and was appointed as the
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the
Minister of State successive ministers of state at the
Ministry of Defence Archie Hamilton and
Jeremy Hanley following the
United Kingdom general election, 1992 1992 General Election until
1994. He was a member of the broadcasting select committee from between the general elections of
United Kingdom general election, 1997 1997 and
United Kingdom general election, 2005 2005. He has been a member of the
Speaker of the British House of Commons Speaker's Panel of Chairmen since
1997. He was the vice chairman of the Conservative Party under the leadership of
Iain Duncan Smith from
2001-
2003 3.
Roger Gale has been married three times, firstly to Wendy Dawn Bowman in
1964, whom he divorced in
1967, in
1971 he married Susan Sampson and they had a daughter - they too divorced in
1980. Later the same year he married Susan Gabrielle Marks and they have two sons and a host of
pet pets. He is a member of three
trade union trade unions the
National Union of Journalists; the
British Actors' Equity Association Equity and the
Broadcasting, Entertainment, Cinematograph and Theatre Union (BECTU). He has travelled widely including to
Norway,
United States of America,
The Gambia,
Sierra Leone,
Malawi,
Cuba,
Cyprus,
Zambia,
Mongolia,
South Africa,
Mozambique,
Ghana,
Kenya,
Republic of Macedonia Macedonia, and
Botswana.
External links
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Roger Gale official site
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Guardian Unlimited Politics - Ask Aristotle: Roger Gale MP
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TheyWorkForYou.com - Roger Gale MP
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