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Gary Waller
Gary Waller represented the Keighley constituency, which includes Ilkley, from 1983 to 1997. He was previously MP for Brighouse and Spenborough between 1979 and 1983 and contested the South Yorkshire constituency of Rother Valley in both 1974 general elections.
Gary Waller was born in Bradford, obtained a degree in Politics and Philosophy from the University of Lancaster, and has lived in West Yorkshire for most of his life. Before entering the House of Commons he was a journalist, specialising in personal savings and corporate affairs.
Mr Waller was Chairman of the House of Commons Information Committee, a select committee which oversees (among other matters) the work of the Parliamentary Data and Video Network and the House of Commons Library. The Committee has recommended that all Commons documents, including Hansard, should be published free of charge on the Internet. He is widely acknowledged to have one of the best attendance and voting records in the House of Commons during his time there.
He was also Vice-Chairman of the Conservative Parliamentary Transport Committee and has been Parliamentary Private Secretary of State for Transport as well as a member of the Transport Committee.
Gary Waller was Vice-Chairman of PITCOM, the Parliamentary Information Technology Committee (recently recognised by an award from the Campaign for Freedom of Information), Vice-Chairman of the Parliamentary Food and Health Forum, Joint Secretary of the All-Party Rugby League Group and Hon Secretary of the Parliamentary Universities Group.
He is a member of the Council of the Consumers' Association, a Vice-president of the Friends of the Settle-Carlisle Railway, formerly a school governor and member of a housing association management committee.
His recreations include music, photography and sport.
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