1. Stewart James Jackson, Baron Jackson of Peterborough was born on 31 January 1965 and is a British politician and adviser.
22 Facts About Stewart Jackson
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Stewart Jackson was made a member of the House of Lords as a life peer in November 2022.
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Stewart Jackson was born in Woolwich, London, England, and was brought up in south-east London.
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Stewart Jackson then studied economics and public administration at Royal Holloway, University of London, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1988.
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Stewart Jackson later undertook a Master of Arts degree in human resource management at Thames Valley University.
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Stewart Jackson served on Ealing Borough Council in west London from 1990 to 1998, during which time he was Conservative Party spokesman on planning and housing.
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Stewart Jackson unsuccessfully contested the parliamentary constituency of Brent South at the 1997 general election.
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Stewart Jackson was then selected as the Conservative candidate for the Peterborough seat in October 2000, and fought the 2001 general election, where he reduced the Labour Party's majority in the constituency from 7,323 votes to 2,854 votes, but lost to the incumbent Labour MP Helen Brinton.
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Stewart Jackson was re-adopted as the Conservative candidate for Peterborough in August 2002, and defeated Brinton at the 2005 general election to become the MP.
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On 25 April 2022 Stewart Jackson was appointed to the role of High Speed 2 Residents' Commissioner.
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On 16 November 2022, Stewart Jackson was created Baron Stewart Jackson of Peterborough, of Peterborough in the County of Cambridgeshire.
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Together with other MPs on the Conservative right wing, such as Nadine Dorries, Stewart Jackson assisted in establishing the Conservative Voice parliamentary grouping led by David Davis and Liam Fox.
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In explaining his decision to join the new right-wing grouping, Stewart Jackson said that he hoped it could "get Cameron back on election-winning ground" and away from the "current social liberal mush".
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Stewart Jackson stated that he would vote against the government's legislation to introduce same-sex marriage, and accused his party leader of being "arrogant" for pressing ahead with it.
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In March 2015, Stewart Jackson attracted media attention for his response to a constituent which was circulated on social media.
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Stewart Jackson attracted attention in October 2016, when he used Twitter to state that patriots should not subscribe to The Economist, a liberal, free-market magazine, because of its arguments about the problems leaving the EU would entail.
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In October 2018, Stewart Jackson, who is known for his pro-Brexit views, was again criticised after tweeting: "What a pathetic cretin" in response to a picture of an ill child with a duvet depicting the European Union flag.
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Stewart Jackson subsequently said, after deleting the initial tweet, that he was referring to the child's stepfather rather than the child himself.
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Since losing his seat in 2017, Stewart Jackson has made several attempts at a political comeback, though has failed to be selected multiple times.
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Stewart Jackson lost the selection by a margin of two votes despite the endorsement of Home Secretary Priti Patel.
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In July 2012, Stewart Jackson attempted to tackle a vandal in Peterborough.
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Stewart Jackson, who was shopping with his wife and daughter, tried to perform a citizen's arrest after seeing a bus shelter being vandalised.