Graham Christopher Spencer Mather

CBE The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...

(born 23 October 1954, Preston) is a British former

Member of the European Parliament A Member of the European Parliament (MEP) is a person who has been elected to serve as a popular representative in the European Parliament. When the European Parliament (then known as the Common Assembly of the ECSC) first met in 1952, its ...

(MEP). Mather was educated at Hutton Grammar School and New College, Oxford. While there, he became an officer in the

Oxford University Conservative Association The Oxford University Conservative Association (OUCA) is a student Conservative association founded in 1924, whose members are drawn from the University of Oxford. Since October 2009, OUCA has been affiliated to Conservative Future and its su ...

. 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 The Institute of Directors (IoD) is a British professional organisation for company directors, senior business leaders and entrepreneurs. It is the UK's longest running organisation for professional leaders, having been founded in 1903 and incor ...

. At the 1983 general election, he unsuccessfully stood in

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. He was a Conservative Party

(MEP) from 1994 to 1999 for the Hampshire North and Oxford constituency, and had been a member of the

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1982–86. He has been a non executive director of Ofcom since 2014 and o
ORR
since 2016. He is also president of the European Policy Forum. Mather was appointed

Commander of the Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the civil service. It was established ...

(CBE) in the 2017 Birthday Honours 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