Stephen James Mosley is a British

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 Conservative Party

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 politician who has been the Member of Parliament

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 (MP) for the City of Chester since winning the seat at the 2010 general election.

Education

Stephen Mosley was educated at King Edward's School in Birmingham

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 before reading Chemistry

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 at the University of Nottingham

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Local Politics

Stephen Mosley's political career began in 2000 when he was elected to Chester City Council, gaining the Handbridge & St Mary's ward from Labour. He was re-elected in 2004 with the largest number of votes ever recorded in the ward. Stephen Mosley was also the Executive Member for Customer Services. In 2005 Stephen Mosley was elected to represent the Chester Overleigh Division on Cheshire County Council, again gaining the seat from Labour, 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. Between 2007 and 2009 Stephen Mosley was the Deputy Leader of Chester City Council following the end of the Labour and Lib Dem coalition that had governed Chester for almost 20 years.

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%) with a majority of 2,583. He has been a member of the Commons Science and Technology Committee since 12 July 2010.

Position on the AV Referendum

Like most Conservative MPs Stephen Mosley campaigned on the NO side in the 2011 Referendum on the Alternative Vote.

In common with many Conservative and Labour MPs he made the erroneous claim that the AV system is contrary to the principle of 1 person 1 vote, stating that AV would "end our tradition of One Person, One Vote, and result in a situation where some people have their vote counted several times, and others just once". He said after the referendum, "I was very proud to vote 'no' to AV. I believe in one person one vote, not a convoluted system that gives some people multiple votes.".

Position on EU Referendum

During the House of Commons vote on Monday 24th October 2011 on a backbench motion

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 for a bill

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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 European Union

European Union

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, Mosley was one of 81 Conservative MPs who voted against the Government Whip

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 to support a referendum.

External links

• Stephen Mosley MP on Facebook
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• Official channel on YouTube
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