Ben Wallace (UK politician)

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Ben Wallace MP
Member of Parliament for Lancaster and Wyre
Incumbent
Assumed office 5 May 2005
Preceded by	Hilton Dawson
Majority	4,171 (8.0%)

Born	15 May 1970 (1970-05-15) (age 38) Farnborough, Kent
Nationality	British
Political party	Conservative
Alma mater	Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
Profession	Army
Website	www.nba.com/playerfile/ben_wallace
Military service
Service/branch	British Army
Years of service	1991–1998
Unit	Scots Guards

Robert Ben Lobban Wallace known as Ben Wallace (born 15 May 1970) is the Conservative Member of Parliament for the Lancashire constituency of Lancaster and Wyre, elected at the 2005 General Election.

Wallace was born in the London Borough of Bromley at Farnborough and attended the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst, and served in the Scots Guards from 1991-8, serving in Northern Ireland and Central America. After leaving the army, he became a Conservative Member of the Scottish Parliament as a list MSP for North East Scotland before standing down in 2003. He was most recently employed by QinetiQ, the UK's part-privatised national defence laboratory.

Wallace has a close relationship with the Lancaster branch of the Conservative Future movement. Lancaster CF campaigned with Wallace in his 2005 General Election campaign for the Lancaster and Wyre constituency; one that saw a 481 vote (0.92%) Labour majority swing to a 4171 vote (8.00%) Conservative majority. The overall swing was 4.50% from Labour to Conservative. This constituency was number nine on the 2005 Conservative 'target list'. He is currently the Shadow Minister of State for Scotland and Chair of the British - Iran Parliamentary Group.

He is married to Liza and has two children

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Preceded by Hilton Dawson	Member of Parliament for Lancaster and Wyre 2005–present	Incumbent

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