Jeffery John Mumford Speed

October 3, 1936

Speed was described as the "ultimate party worker", a party stalwart, and he was credited with turning around the party"s finances, wiping-out over twelve million pounds in the party"s deficit and building-up the party coffers before the 1996 elections. Speed started his career in commerce with General Motors before being made a Conservative Party Agent (1965-1978). He was election agent for the Rt Honorary Iain MacLeod (1970). Cecil Parkinson (1970). And the Rt Honorary Edward Heath (1974). Speed held a number of positions at Conservative Central Office including Director of Constituency Services (1993-1995) before becoming the Director of Fundraising (1995-1996). Speed was described as the "ultimate party worker", a party stalwart, and he was credited with turning around the party"s finances, wiping-out over twelve million pounds in the party"s deficit and building-up the party coffers before the 1996 elections. He mysteriously resigned just before those elections, due, it was said, to a disagreement with Doctor Brian Mawhinney, the Conservative Party Chairman.

Jeffery John Mumford Speed

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Background

Jeffery John Mumford Speed was born on 3 October 1936, the son of Herbert Victor Speed and Dorothy Barbara Speed (née Mumford).

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He was educated at Bedford Modern School.

Career

Speed was described as the "ultimate party worker", a party stalwart, and he was credited with turning around the party"s finances, wiping-out over twelve million pounds in the party"s deficit and building-up the party coffers before the 1996 elections. Speed started his career in commerce with General Motors before being made a Conservative Party Agent (1965-1978). He was election agent for the Rt Honorary

Iain MacLeod (1970).

Cecil Parkinson (1970). And the Rt Honorary Edward Heath (1974). Speed held a number of positions at Conservative Central Office including Director of Constituency Services (1993-1995) before becoming the Director of Fundraising (1995-1996).

Speed was described as the "ultimate party worker", a party stalwart, and he was credited with turning around the party"s finances, wiping-out over twelve million pounds in the party"s deficit and building-up the party coffers before the 1996 elections.

He mysteriously resigned just before those elections, due, it was said, to a disagreement with Doctor Brian Mawhinney, the Conservative Party Chairman.

Achievements

Speed is a Fellow of the Institute of Leadership and Management. He was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts in 1993 and a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society in 2003. Speed was invested as a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1991.

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