Contact details
Westminster
House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Tel: 020 7219 8417
sothcottt@parliament.uk
Constituency
18 Exchange Street, Driffield, YO25 6LJ
Tel: 0845 090 0203
secretary@gregknight.com
www.eyorksconservatives.com
Biography
Electoral history
Member for Derby North 1983-97. Contested Derby North 1997 general election. Member for Yorkshire East 2001-10, for East Yorkshire (revised boundary) since 6 May 2010 general election
Parliamentary career
PPS to David Mellor as Minister of State:
Foreign and Commonwealth Office 1987-88,
Department of Health 1988-89;
Assistant Government Whip 1989-90;
Government Whip 1990-93;
Government Deputy Chief Whip 1993-96;
Minister of State Department of Trade and Industry 1996-97;
Deputy Shadow Leader of the House 2002-03;
Shadow Minister for:
Culture, Media and Sport 2003,
Environment and Transport 2003-05,
Transport 2005;
Government Whip (Vice-Chamberlain of HM Household) 2012-
Party groups
Chair, Leicester and Leicestershire Young Conservatives 1972-73;
Vice-chair, Conservative Parliamentary Candidates Association 1997-2001
Select committees
Member: Broadcasting 1993-96,
Finance and Services 1993-96,
Modernisation of the House of Commons 2001-03, 2005-10,
Procedure:
Member 2005,
Chair 2005-12;
Member: Liaison 2006-12,
Administration 2006-10,
Standards and Privileges 2009-10,
Reform of the House of Commons 2009-10,
Joint Committee on the Draft Detention of Terrorist Suspects (Temporary Extension) Bills 2011,
Finance and Services 2013-
Councils, public bodies
Councillor:
Leicester City Council 1976-79,
Leicestershire County Council 1977-83
International bodies
British-American Parliamentary Group:
Executive Committee Member 2001-08,
Treasurer 2008-
Political interests
Consumer issues, information technology, music, arts, home affairs
Countries of interest
USA
General Election 2010 - East Yorkshire
| Name |
Party |
Votes |
% |
| Knight, Greg |
Con |
24328 |
47.4% |
| Adamson, Robert |
Lib Dem |
10842 |
21.13% |
| Rounding, Paul |
Lab |
10401 |
20.27% |
| Daniels, Chris |
UKIP |
2142 |
4.18% |
| Pudsey, Gary |
BNP |
1865 |
3.64% |
| Allerston, Ray |
SDP |
914 |
1.79% |
| Jackson, Mike |
Green |
762 |
1.49% |
| Result |
Con Hold (0.08% from Con to Lib Dem) |