Graham Christopher Spencer Mather CBE (born 23 October 1954, Preston) is a British former Member of the European Parliament (MEP). Mather was educated at Hutton Grammar School and

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. While there, he became an officer in the Oxford University Conservative Association. He became a lawyer, and was also a visiting fellow at Nuffield College, and spent time as the head of the policy unit at the Institute of Directors. At the

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, he unsuccessfully stood in Blackburn. He was a Conservative Party Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 1994 to 1999 for the Hampshire North and Oxford constituency, and had been a member of the Westminster City Council 1982–86. He has been a non executive director of

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since 2014 and o
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since 2016. He is also president of the

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. Mather was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the

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for services to economic regulation, competition, and infrastructure development.

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1954 births Living people Conservative Party (UK) councillors Conservative Party (UK) MEPs Conservative Party (UK) parliamentary candidates Councillors in the City of Westminster MEPs for England 1994–1999 People educated at Hutton Grammar School Alumni of Nuffield College, Oxford Commanders of the Order of the British Empire {{UK-MEP-stub