Charlie Dewhirst

Charlie Dewhirst
MP
Official portrait, 2024
Member of Parliament
for Bridlington and The Wolds
Incumbent
Assumed office
4 July 2024
Preceded byNew constituency
Majority3,125 (7.3%)
Personal details
Political partyConservative

Charles Alistair Geoffrey Dewhirst[1] is a British Conservative Party politician who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Bridlington and The Wolds since 2024.[2]

Dewhirst comes from a pig farming family near Driffield in East Yorkshire.[3] Dewhirst attended the University of Edinburgh before moving to London to begin a career in sports broadcasting. Dewhirst then worked as a parliamentary aide before working for a global communications agency, where he was involved in the introduction of the Groceries Code Adjudicator.[3]

In 2010 Dewhirst was elected to a councillor role for the Conservatives in Hammersmith, and in 2012 he joined UK Sport shortly before the 2012 Olympic Games.[4]

Dewhirst was the Conservative candidate for the constituency of Hammersmith in the 2015 general election[5][4] and the 2017 general election.[6][7]

He was the deputy leader of East Riding of Yorkshire Council.[8] Immediately prior to beginning his parliamentary campaign, he was the chief policy adviser for the National Pig Association,[9] who Dewhirst started working for in 2020.[3]

  1. ^ House of Commons, Votes and Proceedings, Tuesday 9 July 2024.
  2. ^ "Bridlington & the Wolds | General Election 2024 | Sky News". election.news.sky.com. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  3. ^ a b c Driver, Alistair (23 November 2020). "A new member of staff - welcome to Charlie!". National Pig Association. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
  4. ^ a b "Charlie Dewhirst". Imperial College London. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
  5. ^ "HAMMERSMITH 2015". electionresults.blogspot.co.uk.
  6. ^ "Hammersmith parliamentary constituency". BBC News.
  7. ^ "General Election 2017: results and analysis" (PDF) (2nd ed.). House of Commons Library. 2017.
  8. ^ Gerrard, Joseph (30 May 2024). "Council deputy leader quits to stand in election as councillor stands down". Hull Live. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  9. ^ Driver, Alistair (9 November 2023). "NPA's Charlie Dewhirst selected to Conservative seat at next General Election". Pig World. Retrieved 11 July 2024.