Stephen James Mosley (born 22 June 1972) is a British

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politician and former

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. He represented the City of Chester from 2010 to 2015.

Education

Stephen Mosley was educated at King Edward's School in Birmingham before reading Chemistry at the

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Political career

Local Politics

Mosley's political career began in 2000 when he was elected to Chester City Council. He was re-elected in 2004. He served as Executive Member for Customer Services. In 2005, he was elected to represent the Chester Overleigh Division on Cheshire County Council, and was Chairman of the Health & Adult Social Care Scrutiny Committee, Vice-chairman of the Community Services Scrutiny Committee and a member of the Cheshire Fire Authority.

Parliamentary career

Stephen Mosley was selected as the Conservative Parliamentary Candidate for the City of Chester Constituency in September 2007. He spent the next three years campaigning across the city and gained the seat from Labour with 18,995 votes (40.6%)General Election 2010, The Guardia
Election Results City of Chester Constituency
Accessed, 10 May 2010 after defeating

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, who had been in office since 1997, with a majority of 2,583. He served as a member of the Commons Science and Technology Committee. He lost his seat at the 2015 general election to Labour's Chris Matheson by a narrow margin of 93 votes.

Position on EU Referendum

During the House of Commons vote in October 2011 on a backbench

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for a

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to be introduced in the next parliamentary session to enable a referendum to be held on Britain's continued membership of the

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, Mosley was one of 81 Conservative MPs who voted against the Government Whip to support a referendum.

References

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Mosley, Stephen 1972 births Living people Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 2010–2015 People educated at King Edward's School, Birmingham Alumni of the University of Nottingham