Jeremy Joseph James Hayes was born on 1952 or 1953 and is a British barrister and former Conservative politician, who was the MP for Harlow in Essex from 1983 until he failed to be re-elected in 1997.
21 Facts About Jerry Hayes
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Jerry Hayes' father was in the Merchant Navy during World War II.
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Jerry Hayes grew up in Epping and was educated at the London Oratory School in Fulham.
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Jerry Hayes was selected as the Conservative candidate for Harlow in Essex in 1981.
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Jerry Hayes was Member of Parliament for Harlow from 1983.
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Jerry Hayes served on the Health and Heritage Select committees and was a Parliamentary Private Secretary in the Northern Ireland Office and the Department of Environment.
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Jerry Hayes lost his seat to Bill Rammell, the Labour Party candidate, in the 1997 general election.
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Jerry Hayes was on the left on the Conservative Party, unlike most of the 1983 intake of Conservative MPs.
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Jerry Hayes opposed capital punishment and fought for free dental and eye check-ups.
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Jerry Hayes was a regular contributor on television quiz shows and talk shows, in particular, The James Whale Show.
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Jerry Hayes appeared on comedy show Have I Got News for You in 1992, on which he was unafraid to ridicule his own party and it was revealed that he was Ken Livingstone's "favourite Tory".
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Jerry Hayes was frequently described as a "political buffoon", because of his willingness to subject himself to ridicule on various television and radio appearances.
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In May 2010, Jerry Hayes started a political blog for the website "Think Politics", which hosts blogs by former Liberal Democrat MP for Falmouth Camborne, Julia Goldsworthy, current Labour MP for Denton and Reddish, Andrew Gwynne, and Conservative candidate for Swansea West, Rene Kinzett.
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Jerry Hayes became a panelist on Stephen Nolan's weekend late night show on Fridays on BBC Radio 5 Live, reviewing the newspapers with Mohammed Shafiq, a media commentator on British-Muslim issues.
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Jerry Hayes was called to the Bar by the Middle Temple in 1977.
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Jerry Hayes has practised as lead defence counsel in high-profile cases, including R v McGing and R v Tishane Bernard.
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Jerry Hayes was instrumental in setting up Ten 17 radio with Tony Saxby and Russ Lewell in 1991.
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Jerry Hayes acted as lawyer to John Hemming in his 2005 legal bid to challenge postal votes at the 2005 general election and has defended celebrities and a British soldier in Iraq.
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Jerry Hayes represented two Labour councillors accused of postal ballot fraud in Birmingham.
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Jerry Hayes is married to Alison and has two children, Lawrence and Francesca.
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In January 1997, the News of the World reported that in 1991, Jerry Hayes began an affair with an 18-year-old male Conservative researcher which lasted for over a year.