GREGOR MACGREGOR Erewash's Conservative Candidate 2001 |
Gregor
Macgregor was Erewash’s Conservative Candidate in 2001 and fought in the
successful 1999 European campaign in the North East region of Employment He
works for United Technologies, known for its Chubb, Kidde, Otis and Aerospace
brands, and is based in My
current job involves travelling to subsidiaries (mostly in He
also integrates new subsidiaries in to the company and is currently working
on a large acquisition, which joined the group in March 2010. He
has worked for Chubb for 21 years in a number of roles including as a Finance
Director. He
has worked in countries on 5 continents including 4 years in Political
Work He
helped Greg Hands to win Hammersmith in 2005, canvassing most nights and on
election day. He
was a candidate in the Erewash constituency in 2001, reducing the Labour majority.
In the process we canvassed 50,000 voters PRIOR to the election and visited
19,000 TARGETTED voters during the 4 weeks of the campaign. Candidate
in the 1999 Euro elections in the North East; we nearly won two of the four
seats. He
was a Councillor in Dacorum between 1991 & 1995, I dealt with a serious
flood in the village; winning funds for a substantial flood relief scheme. In
1979/80 he was President of the Students Union in In
1980/81 he was chairman of the Students body for ALL the students in the Chairman,
Markyate Conservative Branch, He
joined the party in 1973 and has been an active member and campaigner for the
Conservative cause throughout the years since then. Voluntary
Work Currently
he is Chairman of the Matlock
Bath Pavilion Group. The Group currently has six months to create a feasibility
study and a business plan to re-open this lovely hundred-year-old building. Local
charities supported by the Lea Open Gardens Day: We opened our garden during
1999/03 Arkwright
Society, support and help with fundraising events. I
supported the local Anglican Church 1994-1998 Italy & supported local
Italian Charities I
have also done individual acts, such as collecting for I
supported Save the Children, helping with fundraising events 1988-1994
Markyate. Local
Charities in Tower Hamlets 1981-1988 Teaching
English as a foreign language; I taught an Italian woman to read English
1978/9. Deputy
Convenor, Cardiff Area Students Association, assisting students from Further
Education Colleges to obtain representation 1978-1980. Family Gregor
comes from near Matlock and his wife was born and brought up in Derbyshire. He
is married to Penny and they have two children, a son of nineteen and a
daughter of eleven. |