Roger Gale
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Sir Roger James Gale is a British Conservative Party politician who has served as Member of Parliament for Herne Bay and Sandwich, previously North Thanet, since 1983. He had a career in journalism an
Official portrait, 2026
Eleanor Laing
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Eleanor Fulton Laing, Baroness Laing of Elderslie,, is a British Conservative Party politician who served as Member of Parliament for Epping Forest from 1997 to 2024. She served in the shadow cabinets
Roger Gale
…election. In December 2022 Gale was appointed as temporary Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons in order to cover for the illness of a colleague, Eleanor Laing. Due to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, Gale's constituency of North Thanet was abolished, and replaced with Herne Bay and…
Official portrait, 2022
Laing presiding over the March 2024 budget