Russell Ian George is a 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...

 politician and was elected as the Montgomeryshire Assembly Member in the National Assembly for Wales

National Assembly for Wales

The National Assembly for Wales is a devolved assembly with power to make legislation in Wales. The Assembly comprises 60 members, who are known as Assembly Members, or AMs...

 at the May 2011 election

National Assembly for Wales election, 2011

The National Assembly for Wales election 2011 was the most recent election for the National Assembly. The poll was held on Thursday, 5 May 2011 and decided the incumbency for all the assembly's seats...

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Background

Russell was born in Welshpool

Welshpool

Welshpool is a town in Powys, Wales, or ancient county Montgomeryshire, from the Wales-England border. The town is low-lying on the River Severn; the Welsh language name Y Trallwng literally meaning 'the marshy or sinking land'...

and brought up in Montgomeryshire. He attended university in Birmingham, achieving a BA (Hons) degree in Information and Media Studies, and has lived in Montgomeryshire all his life. He owns a home entertainment business in Newtown, Fuze.

County Councillor

In 2008 Russell was elected to Powys County Council to represent the Newtown Central ward. Following this, he was elected by the County Councils’ Welsh Conservative group to be one of its representatives on the Council’s executive management board, a position he still holds and in which he is the portfolio holder for Customer Services and ICT.

Shadow Cabinet

Following his Welsh Assembly Election win in 2011, Russell was selected as the Shadow Secretary for Energy and Sustainable Development .

External links

• Russell George Official website
• Assembly Member Profile Profile on National Assembly website
• Russell George on Twitter Official Twitter

Offices held