John Hayward is a social campaigner with a background in

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. He was the Conservative candidate in

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for the 2017

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Early life

Hayward grew up in Emsworth,

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. Despite being born with just one arm and no legs, he earned the

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after learning to ski and climb mountains. He was also awarded the

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("the Scout V.C".) in honour of his "pre-eminently high character and devotion to duty".

Career

Hayward was an undergraduate at

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, matriculating in 1989 and reading Natural Sciences; he went on to obtain a PhD in

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. He has had a career in

, founding the "Society in

Tajikistan Tajikistan (, ; tg, Тоҷикистон, Tojikiston; russian: Таджикистан, Tadzhikistan), officially the Republic of Tajikistan ( tg, Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон, Jumhurii Tojikiston), is a landlocked country in Centr ...

for Assistance and Research", an adult education institute, which he directed for seven years, and helping to empower disadvantaged communities in

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. He also gained a

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from

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and worked as the executive director of a

-based

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, the

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, campaigning on issues such as

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, national wellbeing and

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. , biographical notes on authors In May 2017 Hayward was selected as the Conservative Party's candidate in Cambridge. At that time he was working as the professional

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of the Conservative Party's

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, the national body that enables members of the party to help shape government policy. Described during the campaign as an "impressive interlocutor", Hayward took 9,133 votes, a slight increase on 2015, with his party taking 16.3% of the vote. As part of his work through the

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to promote greater inclusion and transparency in the political systems of newly emerging and developing democracies, Hayward has represented the Conservative Party in countries such as

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and

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. He has also served as an international election observer, including in Uzbekistan.

Publications

*''Akhbor: Understanding Tajiki news: An advanced Tajiki self-study guide'' (2004), Enstone: Writersworld in conjunction with STAR Publications *''A beginner's guide to Tajiki'' (2003), London; New York: RoutledgeCurzon *''The official beginners' guide to Tajiki'' (2001), Dushanbe: STAR Publications

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hayward, John Alumni of Christ's College, Cambridge Azusa Pacific University alumni Conservative Party (UK) parliamentary candidates Living people British social reformers Year of birth missing (living people)