1. Michael William Tuffrey is a British businessman and former Liberal Democrat politician who served as a member of the London Assembly from 2002 to 2012.
17 Facts About Mike Tuffrey
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Mike Tuffrey took his seat on 18 February 2002 replacing Louise Bloom who had resigned.
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Mike Tuffrey was re-elected in 2004 and 2008 leading the Liberal Democrat group and chairing various London Assembly committees.
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Mike Tuffrey was born in Orpington and grew up in Bromley.
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Mike Tuffrey was educated at Douai School, an independent Catholic school in Woolhampton.
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Mike Tuffrey started his political life as a member of the Greater London Council for Vauxhall and was a councillor of the London Borough of Lambeth from 1990 to 2002 during the second half of which period the council had no overall political control and the Liberal Democrats were the largest single party.
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Mike Tuffrey stood for election to parliament for Streatham in 1987, in the 1989 Vauxhall by-election and again in Vauxhall in the 1992 General Election.
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Michael Mike Tuffrey was a member of the London Assembly from 2002 to 2012 and led the Liberal Democrat group from May 2006 until May 2012 [7].
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Mike Tuffrey was a member of the Assembly's Environment, Planning and Housing, and Budget and Performance Management Committees.
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Mike Tuffrey was a member of the London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority, first appointed in 2002 and serving as leader of the Liberal Democrat Group 2006 to 2008.
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Mike Tuffrey was appointed to the London Sustainable Development Commission in 2004 by Ken Livingstone and reappointed by Boris Johnson for a second term in 2008.
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Mike Tuffrey emerged after nominations were reopened as the "anyone-but-Lembit" candidate, with Opik's detractors claiming that he 'lacked gravitas'.
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However, in the event Mike Tuffrey was narrowly beaten by former Metropolitan Police officer Brian Paddick.
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Mike Tuffrey is a qualified Chartered Accountant, and has worked as a finance director for a major national charity before starting up a consultancy business, Corporate Citizenship.
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Mike Tuffrey is a non-executive director, and chairs the boards of the London Film Academy and the Restart Project.
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Mike Tuffrey has contributed to the Guardian on business matters.
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Mike Tuffrey has lived in Lambeth since 1982 and is married to Irene Mike Tuffrey-Wijne, Professor of Intellectual Disability and Palliative Care.