Angie Bray

Angela Lavinia Bray^[2] (born 13 October 1953) is a British Conservative Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Ealing Central and Acton from 2010 to 2015.

Early life and career

Born in Croydon, she attended Downe House School, Thatcham and the University of St Andrews where she studied medieval history.

In 1979, she joined the British Forces Broadcasting Service in Gibraltar, a year later she joined LBC Radio as a presenter, producer and reporter.

Political career

She was employed as head of broadcasting at the Conservative Central Office from 1989. She was a press officer for the John Major's 1990 leadership campaign. She then served as the press secretary to Party Chairman, Chris Patten during the 1992 general election, also assisting the Press Office again in the 2005 campaign, after which she worked as a public affairs consultant.

She unsuccessfully contested East Ham at the 1997 general election, finishing second behind Stephen Timms. She was previously member of the London Assembly for West Central London from 2000 until 2008, when she stood down, acting as Conservative leader in the Assembly from 2006.^[3] She was placed on the 'A-List' of Conservative Party candidates for the 2010 General Election.^[4]

After Bray's election to Parliament, she was appointed Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Cabinet Office Minister, Francis Maude.^[5]

Bray is the Vice-President of the Conservative Friends of Poland and a member of the Conservative Friends of Israel.

Bray was sacked as Parliamentary Private Secretary in July 2012 after she voted against a coalition government Bill on reforming the House of Lords.^[6]

She lost her seat in the 2015 general election.

References

External links

• Angie Bray's website

• Profile at Parliament of the United Kingdom
• Voting record at Public Whip
• Record in Parliament at TheyWorkForYou
• Profile at Conservative Party
• Biography from the London Assembly
• Ealing Acton & Shepherds Bush Conservatives