Jonathan George Caladine Lord (born 17 September 1962) is a British

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 Conservative Party

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 politician who was elected as the Member of Parliament

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 (MP) for Woking

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 at the 2010 general election. He succeeded Humfrey Malins

Humfrey Malins

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, his Conservative predecessor who stood down at that election.

He had previously stood for Parliament in Oldham West and Royton in 1997 and had been Deputy Leader of Westminster City Council

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.

Lord was selected to fight the seat by Open Primary in 2009, and has a marketing background having served as Director for Saatchi & Saatchi

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. He was educated at Merton College, Oxford

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 and was President of the Oxford University Conservative Association

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in Michaelmas Term 1983.

He is married with two children.