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On [[September 18]], [[2007]] Pelling was held at his home after the [[Metropolitan Police]] received a complaint from his wife Lucy. He was released on bail later that night after being questioned. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7003700.stm] |
On [[September 18]], [[2007]] Pelling was held at his home after the [[Metropolitan Police]] received a complaint from his wife Lucy. He was released on bail later that night after being questioned. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7003700.stm] |
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Revision as of 21:10, 22 September 2007
Andrew Pelling | |
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In office 2005–present | |
Preceded by | Geraint Davies |
Constituency | Croydon Central |
Personal details | |
Born | 20 August 1959 |
Political party | Conservative |
Spouse | Lucy Slaytor |
Andrew John Pelling (born August 20, 1959) is a British Conservative politician. He is member of Parliament for Croydon Central, a member of the London Assembly for Croydon and Sutton and a former councillor.
Pelling attended Trinity School, Croydon. He went on to New College, Oxford where he led the Oxford University Conservative Association in 1980. He rose to the position of Librarian of the Oxford Union and ran for President four times, on one occasion losing to William Hague.
He was first elected to Croydon Council in 1982 in Broad Green ward and later represented the ward of Heathfield. He served as Chair of the Education Committee in the early 1990s and subsequently became Deputy Leader of the Conservative Group when they lost control of the Council in 1994. He was then, from 2002 until 2005, the leader of the opposition Conservative group in Croydon and stepped down from the Council in 2006 after 24 years. He used to be an international investment banker.
Pelling was first elected to the London Assembly in 2000, and retained his seat in 2004. He is a member of the London Development Agency and chairs the GLA budget committee. At the 2005 general election, he won the Croydon Central parliamentary seat by just 75 votes from Labour's Geraint Davies.
On May 28 2007 Pelling was one of 18 Conservative MPs to vote in favour of an amendment to the Freedom of Information Act proposed by David Maclean, which would see the Houses of Parliament and MPs exempted from the disclosure requirements of the Act.
Personal life
Pelling divorced his first wife after it emerged he was having an affair shortly after the 2005 General Election. He married Lucy Slaytor, who became his Parliamentary Assistant.
On September 18, 2007 Pelling was held at his home after the Metropolitan Police received a complaint from his wife Lucy. He was released on bail later that night after being questioned. [1]
[A Metropolitan Police statement said: "A man in his 40s was arrested on September 18 at an address in south London in connection with allegations of assault. He was taken to a south London police station and was bailed to return on 1 October. The alleged victim is a female in her 20s."