Parliamentary Spokesman
Parliamentary Candidate for Eltham - David Gold
David was born in 1972 and currently works as Development Director at Brighton College. Before that he worked in business development for a national consultancy in central London and as a researcher to two Conservative MPs. He was Diary Secretary to Rt Hon William Hague from 1997 to 1999.
David has been involved in a variety of charities including Abbeyfield Care Homes and Sue Ryder Care. In May 2006 he walked the Moonwalk, a speed-walking marathon through central London overnight, in aid of Breakthrough Breast Cancer, in memory of his mother who died of the disease aged 55.
In his spare time David enjoys theatre, cinema, travel, suppers with friends and gardening. He contributed to A Blue Tomorrow: New Visions from Modern Conservatives (Politico's Publishing 2001) and has written for a variety of newspapers and magazines.
David has been actively involved in the Conservative Party since joining at Royal Holloway, University of London. He has held a variety of positions in local Conservative associations and has stood in local government elections in Ealing and Lewisham.
In 2001, David contested the general election as parliamentary candidate in Brighton Pavilion which saw a 1.6% swing to the Conservatives from Labour. In 2005, he played a key campaigning role in helping Stewart Jackson take Peterborough for the Conservatives.
Website:
http://www.davidgold4eltham.com Parliamentary Candidate for Erith and Thamesmead - Colin Bloom
Colin Bloom is the Parliamentary Spokesman for the Conservative Party in Erith & Thamesmead. Covering areas like Belvedere, Lesnes, Northumberland Heath, Thamesmead East, Thamesmead Moorings, Erith, Plumstead and Abbey Wood he is hoping to win the seat from Labour at the next General Election. Married with four children, Colin is actively involved in his local church, local council and local charities.
Website:
http://colinbloom.blogspot.com/ Parliamentary Candidate for Greenwich and Woolwich - Spencer Drury
Spencer was born in Woolwich in 1969 and lives in the borough with his wife Liz who is having a rest from her career as a journalist to look after their two children, Kate and Arthur.
Spencer's father was a local veterinary surgeon who died when Spencer was 11 years old. Spencer attended the local independent School, Colfe's on an assisted place and went on to get degrees in Politics/Economics and Britain in the European Union.
He has worked as a Betting Shop Manager, Customer Services manager and for the Office of Fair Trading but in 1996 he discovered a passion for teaching and started work as a teacher at Kemnal Technology College in Footscray. He returned to Colfe's as a teacher of Economics nearly four years later, shortly after the birth of Kate. Spencer is currently Head of Year 10/11, in charge of guiding students through their GCSE years.
His achievements as a teacher include the fact that he taught the first ever students to get A* grades at Mathematics GCSE at Kemnal and in 2003, 3 out of 5 of his Business Studies GCSE students were placed in the top 5 nationally (out of 61,000 students).
Spencer was elected as a councillor on Greenwich Council in 2002 and his son Arthur was born shortly afterwards. He loves rugby and plays for the Old Colfeians fourth XV most weekends, where his sense of honesty and fair play is often commented upon.
Website:
http://www.spencerdrury.com/