Charles Frederick Wardle (born 23 August 1939) was a Conservative Party

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 member of the British Parliament

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 for Bexhill and Battle.

He announced he would not contest the 2001 election in early 2000 after it was disclosed that he was doing consultancy for Mohammed Al-Fayed. He was replaced by Gregory Barker

Gregory Barker

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 in the 2001 General Election

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. He supported the United Kingdom Independence Party

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's (UKIP) Nigel Farage

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 in that election to replace him.

In the Conservative government, Wardle had been an immigration minister under the then-Home Secretary

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, Michael Howard

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. In the 2005 general election

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, he appeared with the Labour Party

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to denounce his former boss's plans on immigration and to endorse Labour.