Giles Marshall is a member of the Conservative Party

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...

 of the United Kingdom. He was chairman of the Tory Reform Group

Tory Reform Group

The Tory Reform Group is a group aligned to, but independent of, the British Conservative Party, that works to promote the values of the One Nation Tory vision...

. Marshall was educated at Solihull School

Solihull School

Solihull School is a British Independent school situated near the centre of Solihull, West Midlands, England.2010 saw Solihull School celebrate its 450th anniversary since its foundation in 1560....

, an historic school in the Midlands. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Bristol

University of Bristol

The University of Bristol is a public research university located in Bristol, United Kingdom. One of the so-called "red brick" universities, it received its Royal Charter in 1909, although its predecessor institution, University College, Bristol, had been in existence since 1876.The University is...

He was also a Councillor for one of the wards in the London Borough of Camden

London Borough of Camden

In 1801, the civil parishes that form the modern borough were already developed and had a total population of 96,795. This continued to rise swiftly throughout the 19th century, as the district became built up; reaching 270,197 in the middle of the century...

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In 1992 he stood as a candidate in the general election in the now defunct Warley East Constituency

Warley East (UK Parliament constituency)

Warley East was a parliamentary constituency in the borough of Sandwell in the West Midlands of England.It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom...

 and, with a margin of 7794 votes, lost to the Labour Party candidate Andrew Faulds

Andrew Faulds

Andrew Matthew William Faulds was a British actor and politician.Born in Isoko, Tanganyika , to missionary parents, Faulds married Bunty Whitfield in 1945...

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Current activities

Currently he continues to teach Politics and History at Sutton Grammar School for Boys, where he is head of sixth form and head of the school's Combined Cadet Force RAF Section. On 14 May 2001 he wrote the cover article for the New Statesman and made a few appearances on the BBC, Sky and Channel 4 news.

Sources

• http://www.newstatesman.com/contents/2001/05/14
• http://www.newstatesman.com/200105140006
• http://politics.guardian.co.uk/person/0,,-3379,00.html