{"id":2498,"date":"2021-07-25T14:41:36","date_gmt":"2021-07-25T14:41:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsphere.com\/?page_id=2498"},"modified":"2021-10-15T09:30:00","modified_gmt":"2021-10-15T09:30:00","slug":"peter-aldous","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsphere.com\/british-mps\/peter-aldous\/","title":{"rendered":"Peter Aldous"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Name<\/strong>: Peter Aldous<\/p>\n

Born:<\/strong> 26 August 1961<\/p>\n

Party: <\/strong>Conservative<\/p>\n

Constituency:<\/strong> Waveney<\/p>\n

Profile<\/strong>:<\/h2>\n

Peter Aldous was born in Ipswich, Suffolk, and has lived the majority of his life north of the county. He was educated at Harrow School and graduated with a degree in Land Management from the University of Reading in 1982. Peter Aldous worked as a chartered surveyor in Norwich prior to his election.<\/p>\n

Aldous served as a councilor for\u00a0Waveney District Council from 1999-2002. He worked as a Suffolk County Councilman from 2001 until 2005 and held the Deputy Leader position in the Conservative Party Group from 2002 to 2005.<\/p>\n

Aldous was elected to contest the 2005 general election as a Conservative Party candidate for Waveney but lost to Labour Party Member of Parliament Bob Blizzard by a margin of 5,915. He contested the seat for an additional time at the 2010 general election. This time he obtained 40.2% of the overall vote sufficient to attain the seat by a majority of 769.<\/p>\n

Aldous has been critical of his party’s implementation of Universal Credit, calling for the abolishment of the five-week wait time before receiving payments.<\/p>\n

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Links<\/strong>: https:\/\/www.peteraldous.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Last Election Results:<\/h2>\n

Peter Aldous won 31,778 votes out of a possible 51,090. This represents a 62.2% majority in his constituency. There was a voter turnout of 61.8%.<\/p>\n\n