Peter Gerald "Gerry" Malone MA, LLB (born 21 July 1950) is a British Conservative

Conservative Party (UK)

The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...

 politician who was an MP from 1983–87 and 1992–97.

Born in Glasgow

Glasgow

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, Malone was educated at St Aloysius' College, Glasgow, and the University of Glasgow

University of Glasgow

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. He was an unsuccessful Conservative candidate in the February 1974 general election in the Glasgow Provan constituency, where he defeated by Hugh Brown (Labour). He made other unsuccessful attempts to be elected to parliament at Glasgow Pollok in 1979, and in the Glasgow Hillhead by-election in 1982 where he lost the traditionally Conservative seat to Roy Jenkins

Roy Jenkins

Roy Harris Jenkins, Baron Jenkins of Hillhead OM, PC was a British politician.The son of a Welsh coal miner who later became a union official and Labour MP, Roy Jenkins served with distinction in World War II. Elected to Parliament as a Labour member in 1948, he served in several major posts in...

 of the SDP

Social Democratic Party (UK)

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.

He was then elected as MP

Member of Parliament

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 for Aberdeen South

Aberdeen South (UK Parliament constituency)

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 in 1983 as a member of the Thatcher

Margaret Thatcher

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 government, but lost the seat to Frank Doran of Labour

Labour Party (UK)

The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...

 at the 1987 general election

United Kingdom general election, 1987

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.

He re-entered parliament in 1992, representing the "safe" Conservative seat of Winchester. He was appointed a Minister of State

Minister of State

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 at the Department of Health

Department of Health (United Kingdom)

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 in 1994, when Virginia Bottomley

Virginia Bottomley

Virginia Bottomley, Baroness Bottomley of Nettlestone, PC, DL is a British Conservative Party politician. She was a Member of Parliament in the House of Commons from 1984 to 2005. She was raised to the peerage in 2005...

 was the Secretary of State

Secretary of State for Health

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.

Malone unexpectedly lost his Winchester seat at the 1997 general election

United Kingdom general election, 1997

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 by two votes, to the Liberal Democrat candidate Mark Oaten

Mark Oaten

Mark Oaten is a former British Liberal Democrat politician. He served as the Member of Parliament for Winchester from 1997 to 2010, and was his party's Home Affairs spokesperson from 2003 to 2006...

. Malone challenged the result in the high court, which was declared void, causing a by-election

Winchester by-election, 1997

The 1997 Winchester by-election was a by-election to the UK House of Commons in the constituency of Winchester, Hampshire. After an unclear result in Winchester at the general election on 1 May 1997, a new election was allowed by the High Court...

. Malone trailed Oaten by 21,566 votes in the resulting by-election.

Malone was chairman of Regent-GM, one of Britain's biggest suppliers of generic drug

Generic drug

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s to the National Health Service

National Health Service

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 (NHS) and a subsidiary

Subsidiary

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 of Nadhmi Auchi

Nadhmi Auchi

Nadhmi Shakir Auchi, , is a British Iraqi businessman and billionaire, founding president of the Anglo Arab Organisation, and the founder and chairman of General Mediterranean Holding , a conglomerate of 120 companies worldwide...

's General Mediterranean Holding.

Currently, Malone is a Non Executive Chairman of Ultrasis

Ultrasis

Ultrasis Group Plc is a healthcare company based in the United Kingdom which develops computerised healthcare products based on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy .The company’s products cover stress, anxiety and depression problems....

, which specialises in computerised cognitive behavioural therapy software.

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