Nigel Waterson

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Nigel Waterson MP

Incumbent
Assumed office 
9 April 1992
Preceded by David Bellotti
Majority 1,124 (2.3%)

Born October 12, 1950
Bradford, West Yorkshire
Nationality British
Political party Conservative
Spouse Barbara Waterson
Children Louise and Stephen
Alma mater The Queen's College, Oxford
Website www.nigelwaterson.com

Nigel Christopher Waterson (born 12 October 1950, Leeds) is a politician in the United Kingdom. He is Conservative Party member of Parliament for Eastbourne, and was first elected in 1992. He was a junior Minister in the governments of John Major.

Waterson is the Shadow Minister for Pensions and Conservative Spokesman for Older People and is a patron of many local charities including President of the Eastbourne Constitutional Club and Vice President for Age Concern - Eastbourne. In the Conservative leadership contest in 2005 he backed Ken Clarke to be the next leader before Clarke lost in a preliminary round.

On January 29 2008 the The Daily Telegraph reported that Waterson had been arrested for allegedly assaulting his two teenage children.[1]

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  1. ^ Tory MP arrested for 'assaulting his children', The Daily Telegraph, January 29 2008

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Preceded by
David Bellotti
Member of Parliament for Eastbourne
1992–present
Incumbent
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