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Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Matthew Gordon-Banks (born 21 June 1961) is a British former Conservative Party politician. Originally wanting a career as an Army officer, he was commissioned into The Gordon Highlanders,war pensioned in 1984, he joined Barclays Bank. In 1984 he was elected (Con) for the Heswall Ward on Wirral Borough Council serving at Chairman of the Schools Committee 1985-7. He was re-elected with 75% of the vote in 1988 before standing down from the council in 1990. He became private secretary to a prominent Conservative MP in 1988. Partly as a result of undertaking that role, he strongly supported John Stalker, the former Deputy Chief Constable of Greater Manchester, who had been removed from the Head of the Enquiry into the RUC "Shoot to Kill" policy in Northern Ireland by allegedly "trumped-up" charges later dropped. In 1987 he fought Manchester Central for the Conservatives retaining second place. In 1990 he was selected to fight Southport. He was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Southport in 1992 gaining the seat from the Liberal Democrat Ronnie Fearn making the only Conservative gain in England. However, in 1997, Fearn won the seat back from Banks, who then divided his time between his home in NE Scotland and the Cotswolds. He worked for several Arab governments between 1997 and 2002. In March 2000 he had to stop work searching for POW's and Missing Persons, mainly Kuwaiti, as a result of an incident causing serious trauma on the Kuwait/Iraq border.In January 2007 Gordon-Banks was injured by a bomb blast in Pakistan, while working for the British government. Two people were killed. He was also defrauded a substantial amount of money by a man now serving 11 years in Winsom Green high security prison who was convicted in 2010.In recent years he has worked as a Consultant to various governments in the Middle East and South Asia on international and anti-terrorist issues, including the British Ministry of Defence, as well as fighting serious illness and injury. In Parliament he served on the Transport Select Committee from 1992-7. He played a significant role in improving safety on "roll-on-roll-off" ferries, making seatbelts in mini-busses and coaches - especially for children - compulsory, and for fighting against the injustice of wrongful convictions; most notably helping to overturn the convictions of those found guilty of the murder of newspaper boy Carl Bridgewater. In 1997 the swing against him in Southport was 8% and he lost his seat to the Liberal Democrats.Banks represented Northleach on Cotswold District Council between 2000–2004, being rather more Independent than Conservative and Chaired the Overview and Scrutiny Committee for 2 years. Having been re-elected unopposed in May 2004 he resigned from the Council in November of that year. He is married with two children.In 2008 Gordon-Banks allegedly switched party allegiance to the Liberal Democrats, joining the Lib Dem Executive Committee in Moray, Scotland.He is currently Director of International Affairs at the Institute of Strategic and Socio-Political Studies in London. Gordon-Banks met with former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf in Dubai. Gordon Banks supported the decision of the Pakistani Courts to release former Pakistani President Musharraf on 9 October 2013. → Essentially a pragmatist: in his first speech as a Wirral Councillor he said he "wanted to provide the most where the need is greatest" hence his struggle with the ultra-right of the Conservative Party.. }

• Matthew_Banks abstract "Matthew Gordon-Banks (born 21 June 1961) is a British former Conservative Party politician. Originally wanting a career as an Army officer, he was commissioned into The Gordon Highlanders,war pensioned in 1984, he joined Barclays Bank. In 1984 he was elected (Con) for the Heswall Ward on Wirral Borough Council serving at Chairman of the Schools Committee 1985-7. He was re-elected with 75% of the vote in 1988 before standing down from the council in 1990. He became private secretary to a prominent Conservative MP in 1988. Partly as a result of undertaking that role, he strongly supported John Stalker, the former Deputy Chief Constable of Greater Manchester, who had been removed from the Head of the Enquiry into the RUC "Shoot to Kill" policy in Northern Ireland by allegedly "trumped-up" charges later dropped. In 1987 he fought Manchester Central for the Conservatives retaining second place. In 1990 he was selected to fight Southport. He was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Southport in 1992 gaining the seat from the Liberal Democrat Ronnie Fearn making the only Conservative gain in England. However, in 1997, Fearn won the seat back from Banks, who then divided his time between his home in NE Scotland and the Cotswolds. He worked for several Arab governments between 1997 and 2002. In March 2000 he had to stop work searching for POW's and Missing Persons, mainly Kuwaiti, as a result of an incident causing serious trauma on the Kuwait/Iraq border.In January 2007 Gordon-Banks was injured by a bomb blast in Pakistan, while working for the British government. Two people were killed. He was also defrauded a substantial amount of money by a man now serving 11 years in Winsom Green high security prison who was convicted in 2010.In recent years he has worked as a Consultant to various governments in the Middle East and South Asia on international and anti-terrorist issues, including the British Ministry of Defence, as well as fighting serious illness and injury. In Parliament he served on the Transport Select Committee from 1992-7. He played a significant role in improving safety on "roll-on-roll-off" ferries, making seatbelts in mini-busses and coaches - especially for children - compulsory, and for fighting against the injustice of wrongful convictions; most notably helping to overturn the convictions of those found guilty of the murder of newspaper boy Carl Bridgewater. In 1997 the swing against him in Southport was 8% and he lost his seat to the Liberal Democrats.Banks represented Northleach on Cotswold District Council between 2000–2004, being rather more Independent than Conservative and Chaired the Overview and Scrutiny Committee for 2 years. Having been re-elected unopposed in May 2004 he resigned from the Council in November of that year. He is married with two children.In 2008 Gordon-Banks allegedly switched party allegiance to the Liberal Democrats, joining the Lib Dem Executive Committee in Moray, Scotland.He is currently Director of International Affairs at the Institute of Strategic and Socio-Political Studies in London. Gordon-Banks met with former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf in Dubai. Gordon Banks supported the decision of the Pakistani Courts to release former Pakistani President Musharraf on 9 October 2013. → Essentially a pragmatist: in his first speech as a Wirral Councillor he said he "wanted to provide the most where the need is greatest" hence his struggle with the ultra-right of the Conservative Party.".