Sunday 8 March 2009

Watch this man he's going places! Damian Hinds in Ashton-Upon-Mersey



Damian Hinds was the guest speaker at the Ashton-Upon-Mersey ward annual dinner which was held at the Ashton-on-Mersey Golf Club last Thursday evening. Graham Brady MP was also a guest. (in the slightly shaky picture above is L to R: Cllr Mike Whetton, Cllr Brian Rigby MBE, Mr Graham Brady MP, Mr Damian Hinds and Cllr John Lamb)

Damian Hinds is no stranger to this part of the world. Damian’s family live in Altrincham and he was the Conservatives parliamentary candidate in Stretford and Urmston, halving Beverley Hughes majority in the 2005 general election

Damian is now the Conservative prospective parliamentary candidate for the constituency of East Hampshire. This is currently Michael Mate’s seat where he has a majority of some 5,500 votes.

Damian has almost 20 years’ political campaigning experience. He is former chairman of Bow Group and gained a first class honours degree in politics, philosophy and economics from Oxford, and was president of the Oxford Union debating society whilst there. His business career since has been mostly in the hotel and leisure industries.

Introducing Damian, Councillor John Lamb said “During the 2005 GE campaign in Stretford & Urmston, I was Damian’s Election Agent and it became clear to me as it did to many who also worked in that campaign that Damian was destined for the House of Commons. He worked hard, impressed the people he met with his intelligent and considered views, displayed instant warmth for his fellow human beings and following the campaign we all wished him luck in finding a safer seat to contest.

You can imagine our delight when we heard that he had been selected for East Hampshire. Here in this part of the world we would have been delighted to see Damian selected for a NW seat but we are very content that soon a very decent man will enter the commons and begin his contribution to the governance of our great nation.”


Damian Hinds pictured at the Ashton-Upon-Mersey ward annual dinner with some of our guests from Stretford and Urmston.



2 comments:

  1. Is this the youth wing of the Conservative Party, Councillor Lamb?

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  2. maybe not the youth wing but shed loads of common sense! Actually there were quite a number of younger people there and hang on a moment - Damian Hinds is still in his 30's !! How old are you? not ageist I hope!!

    Cllr Lamb

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