Christopher Chope, Conservative, Christchurch

Name: Christopher Chope

Candidate for: Christchurch

Party: Conservative

Votes: 27,888

Profile:

Christopher Chope is the former MP for Southampton Itchen and Minister of State at the Treasury and Minister for Roads and Traffic from 1990-1992.

He is currently chairman for Conservative Way Forward and lives with his wife Christine, with whom he has two children, Antonia and Philip.

Website: christchurchconservatives.com

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