Education
Galley was educated at King Edward VII School (Sheffield) (photo) followed by Worcester College, Oxford.
Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom
Galley was educated at King Edward VII School (Sheffield) (photo) followed by Worcester College, Oxford.
As in many of the constituencies in that election, Galley"s victory in a previously Labour seat was due a swing from Labour to the Social Democratic Party, and when the Social Democratic Party vote fell in the 1987 general election, he was defeated by Labour"s Alice Mahon. He also introduced a private member"s Bill on Local Government to restrict the ability of local authorities to increase local taxes by more than the rate of inflation. After losing the 1987 election, he returned to Royal Mail where he held a series of senior management jobs.
From 1994 to 1996, he was Director of Restructuring for Royal Mail London when he closed 4 Mail centres in order to improve operational efficiency and introduce new working practices.
In 1998 he was appointed as Head of Strategic Planning for Post Office Group Property. In 2006 he retired from Royal Mail.
He was Chairman of Kingston & Esher Health Authority, then Kingston & Richmond Health Authority from 1989 to 1998. He was also Chairman of the Kingston & Saint George"s College of Health Studies from 1993 to 1996.
In 2013 he took on the Economic Development and Regeneration portfolio.
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Having stood unsuccessfully for Dewsbury in 1979, he was elected as Member of Parliament for Halifax in the 1983 general election, defeating the sitting Labour Member of Parliament Doctor Shirley Summerskill. Whilst in Parliament he was Secretary of the Conservative Backbench Health Committee and a member of the Social services Select Committee. In 2007 he was elected a member of Wealden District Council, he subsequently held the Planning and Development portfolio from 2008 to 2013.
In 2013 he was elected as a member of East Sussex County Council, he currently sits on a variety of committees.