Andrew Hunter (British politician)

Andrew Hunter (born January 8, 1943) is a United Kingdom politician and a member of the Orange Order. He was Member of Parliament for Basingstoke from 1983 until 2005.

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January 8 - 1943 - United Kingdom - Orange Order - Member of Parliament - Basingstoke - 1983 - 2005

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Hunter was first elected to Basingstoke as a Conservative in the 1983 election, and had been deputy chairman of the right-wing Monday Club. In 2002 he withdrew from the Conservative Party, in order to fight elections for the Northern Ireland Assembly as a candidate of the Democratic Unionist Party. He had family and Orange Order connections with Northern Ireland and had opposed the Belfast Agreement. The elections were held in November 2003, and he failed to gain his seat. On December 10, 2004 it was announced that he had joined the DUP Parliamentary Group in the House of Commons, the first MP for a mainland seat to sit for a Northern Ireland-based party.

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Conservative - 1983 election - Monday Club - 2002 - Northern Ireland Assembly - Democratic Unionist Party - Belfast Agreement - 2003 - December 10 - 2004 - House of Commons - Northern Ireland

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Mr Hunter has raised the case of convicted killer Jeremy Bamber in parliament, who he believes was wrongly convicted.

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Hunter stepped down from the House of Commons at the 2005 general election and suggested he would move to Northern Ireland to become more involved with DUP politics. Through his involvement with the magazine Right Now!, Hunter has also been linked to the UK Freedom Party and the Springbok Club.

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2005 general election - Right Now! - UK Freedom Party - Springbok Club

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