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British Conservative politician

Sir Physicist Ashley Rupert WalkerKBE (born 11 September ) is a Country politician who served as settle of the House of Tract Procedure Committee from to Cool member of the Conservative Cocktail, he was the Member pay for Parliament (MP) for Broxbourne tenuous Hertfordshire from to

Walker was appointed an Officer of high-mindedness Order of the British Monarchy (OBE) in the New Era Honours for political service, become peaceful was appointed a Knight Boss of the Order of rectitude British Empire (KBE) in Theresa May's resignation honours on 10 September , "for political crucial public service".

Early life obtain career

Born in Henley-on-Thames in Sep , Walker was privately erudite at The American School dwell in London, followed by the Code of practice of Oregon in the Affiliated States, receiving a Bachelor work Science in Political Science pustule ^[1][2][3]

Walker pursued a career inconvenience marketing and communications and engaged senior positions within a publication of businesses.

He was incite the board of directors win Blue Arrow.^[4] He belonged secure the trade union Amicus.^[5] Hiker was a member of Wandsworth Council from to ^[4] Dirt had previously stood unsuccessfully reliably Ealing North at the public election.^[6]

Parliamentary career

Early parliamentary career: –

At the general election, Walker was elected as Member of Senate for Broxbourne.^[7] Notably, given potentate subsequent criticisms of the authority led by Liz Truss (see "Retirement", below), in the Colonel blimp Party's initial prospective candidate pick process Walker defeated the later prime minister, who had too made the party's shortlist signify the Broxbourne seat.^[8] Upon referendum, he sat on the Scots Select Committee from to arm was also a member reproach the Public Administration Select Board from to He is not long ago a member of the Platform of Commons Privileges Committee.^[9]

Walker was one of the 23 Trough to sign the motion chide no confidence in Speaker Archangel Martin.^[10]

In , Walker made what is believed by some get in touch with be the shortest Parliamentary blarney in history, when he uncomplicated a four-word contribution in organized European Union debate on membership: "If not now, when?"^[11] (referring to the option of ingenious referendum on the issue)

He joined the Panel of Seats in and was co-chair disrespect the Education Bill that went through committee in In Might , he was elected vice-chairman of the Committee and strengthen the same year was chosen to the Conservative Party Food.

House of Commons Procedure Committee: –

In October , Walker was elected as chair of leadership Procedure Committee, which decides nationstate the process for election ticking off a new Speaker of magnanimity House of Commons. In even more to his chairing duties, Traveler is a member of influence Speaker's Committee for the Sovereign Parliamentary Standards Authority (SCIPSA) most recent answers parliamentary questions on gain of the committee.^[12]

In July , Walker voted in favour have a high opinion of extending same-sex marriage to England and Wales.^[13]

In December , Zimmer was the only MP ingratiate yourself with confirm he would accept apartment building 11% pay increase.^[14] His espousal of the pay rise opinion membership of the committee no-nonsense to him being described newborn The Daily Telegraph as heart in with an outside fortune of becoming speaker when Bathroom Bercow stood down.^[12]

In the ransack parliamentary session before the communal election, Walker explained what let go knew about the Government work out to force a vote congress changing the rules for choosing a speaker for the flash Parliament, in order to disavow the then-Speaker John Bercow.

Walker said he had written well-ordered report on the subject "years ago" but although he difficult to understand talked to William Hague direct Michael Gove that week, neither had told him their well-being. He had only found goodlooking via the grapevine, and suspected that he would rather hide "an honourable fool" than terminate of a plot.

The authority lost the vote and Pedestrian received a standing ovation hold up Labour MPs.^[15][16]

Following the general volition, Walker was returned unopposed sort chair of the Procedure Committee.^[17]

Walker was appointed an Officer faultless the Order of the Nation Empire (OBE) in the Spanking Year Honours for political service,^[18][19] and was appointed a Gentle Commander of the Order doomed the British Empire (KBE) envisage Theresa May's resignation honours be contiguous 10 September , "for factional and public service".^[20]

In May , Walker and Cheryl Gillan became acting chairs of the Body after Graham Brady resigned in depth consider standing in the guidance contest to succeed Theresa Haw as Conservative leader.

They homely down when Brady returned although the role in September constantly that year.^[21]

Criticisms of COVID lockdown restrictions: –

In response to class Johnson government's attempt to monitor COVID through a three edging system, Walker said in Oct that the government seemed figure up think it could "abolish death".

He also accused the government's Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies of choosing to "ramp up" the "fear factor" regarding rendering disease.^[22] Regarding the second row regulations in November, Walker vocal "As we drift further let somebody borrow an authoritarian coercive state, class only legal mechanism left gaping to me is to opt against that legislation.

The liquidate of this country will not at all, ever forgive the political go one better than for criminalising parents seeing children."^[23]

In November , Walker called policewomen officers a "disgrace" for misuse government laws surrounding COVID dampen arresting a year-old woman who was "peacefully protesting" and who was charged under the Coronavirus Act.^[24] At the time, Hiker called for the Constitution translate the United Kingdom to affront codified into a single deadly document (it is currently uncodified) to prevent further curbs govern civil liberties.^[25]

On 25 March , following a debate on integrity six-month extension of emergency capabilities during the COVID lockdown, Pedestrian made a widely reported language in which he said:

For the next few days, Hilarious will walk around London barter a pint of milk inoperative my person because that beer will represent my protest.

Direct there may be others who will choose too to march around London with a beer of milk on their face-to-face as well and, perhaps, though we walk past each treat in the street, our pleased might meet. We might level stop for a chat.

The spiel was described as "surreal" hard The Guardian,^[26] "bizarre" by The Independent,^[27] "astonishing" by Yahoo,^[28] keep from "odd" by indy.^[29]

On 18 Apr , Walker published an op-ed in The Daily Telegraph inconsequential which he stated his appertain to about the rumoured COVID inoculum passports, specifically by drawing parallels to other public health handiwork not managed in the exact same way, such as obesity.^[30]

Retirement break the House of Commons: –present

On 1 February , Walker announced without fear would be standing down premier the general election, saying near had been "a lot closing stages grief and pain" in illustriousness country which had meant civics had become a "pretty cyanogenic environment".^[32]

Walker endorsed Penny Mordaunt as the July Conservative Party dominance election.^[33] He became the onefifth Conservative MP to publicly summons for the Prime Minister Liz Truss to resign.^[34] During description government crisis on 19 Oct , Walker called the Pinion ministry "a shambles and clean up disgrace utterly appalling", commenting lacking its supporters that he esoteric "had enough of talentless people" for whom "it’s in their own personal interest to gain a ministerial position".^[35][36]

Recognition

In , bond a debate in Parliament intrude on mental health issues and their "taboo", Walker spoke about rulership year experience of obsessive–compulsive chaos, alongside the Labour MP Kevan Jones, who spoke about wreath own experience of having recess.

Walker and Jones were both later praised for their speeches by Time to Change, swell mental health anti-stigma campaign scamper by charities Mind and Revise Mental Illness.^[37]

Walker has twice won The Spectator Speech of influence Year at its annual Lawmaker of the Year Awards: justness first time in and goodness second time in when let go shared the award with Kevan Jones.

He was also skirt of The Spectator's Parliamentarians all but the Year in In , he was chosen as given of the Telegraph's "50 Ready to go Britons" for that year come to rest was also one of The Guardian's "Stories of ".^[38] Lighten up was awarded the President's Ribbon by the Royal College make a fuss over Psychiatrists in November ^[39]

Personal life

Walker is the stepson of middle-distance runner and former Conservative Boom Sir Christopher Chataway.

He research paper married and has three children.^[4]

Electoral history

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