Chris Loder
Chris Loder | |
|---|---|
 Chris Loder in 2020 | |
| Member of Parliament for West Dorset | |
| Assumed office 12 December 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Oliver Letwin |
| Majority | 14,106 (23.2%) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 5 September 1981 Sherborne, Dorset, England[1] |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Occupation | Politician |
Christopher Lionel John Loder[2] (born 5 September 1981)[3] is a British politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for West Dorset since the 2019 general election.[4] A member of the Conservative Party, he succeeded Sir Oliver Letwin, who was first elected as a Conservative in 1997 but sat as an independent after having the whip removed in September 2019 and did not stand for reelection. The West Dorset constituency can be considered a safe seat, having only ever elected Conservative MPs.
Early life
Loder was born in
Political career
Loder became parish clerk for
Bishops Caundle in 1998, and was awarded the young person's merit award for commitment to the local community.[1]
He was elected to West Dorset District Council to represent the ward of Cam Vale in a 2013 by-election. The district was subject to a boundary review and Loder was not re-elected in 2015
when the seat became a two-member ward. Loder was chairman of West Dorset Conservatives for more than three years until August 2019.
He is a member of the
Personal life
One of Loder's hobbies is bell ringing at local churches in Dorset.[10]
References
- ^ a b c "About Chris Loder". Conservative Party (UK). Archived from the original on 29 January 2020. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
- ^ "Members Sworn". Hansard.parliament.uk. 17 December 2019. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
- OCLC 1129682574.
- ^ "Dorset West Parliamentary Constituency results". BBC News. 12 December 2019.
- ^ Lea, Martin (1 October 2019). "Chris Loder new Conservative Parliamentary candidate for West Dorset". Retrieved 12 December 2019.
- ^ Steerpike. "Tories unveil anti-woke manifesto | The Spectator". www.spectator.co.uk. Archived from the original on 17 May 2021. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
- ^ Maddox, David; S, James (8 May 2021). "Common Sense book launched by MPs to take on wokeism in British culture war". Daily Express. Archived from the original on 14 May 2021. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
- ^ "Britain's heroes". Letter to the Daily Telegraph. 9 November 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
{{cite press release}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ "Letter to the Telegraph". Sir Edward Leigh. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
- ^ "Bell ringing in Dorset". Twitter.com. 27 October 2019.
