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Stephen Paul "Steve" Barclay is a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom who has been the Member of Parliament for North East Cambridgeshire since May 2010.

Background

His father was a trade union official, and his mother worked in the civil service.

Education

Peterhouse; Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.

Career

Barclay is the youngest of three brothers. He was brought up in Lancashire England, and educated at King Edward VII School, a co-educational independent school in Lytham Saint Annes in Lancashire. After completing his A levels, he then joined the army on a Gap Year Commission, attending the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst and served as a Second Lieutenant with the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers for nine months.

After this he read history at Peterhouse, Cambridge and later studied at the College of Law, Chester, qualifying as a solicitor in 1998.

Barclay completed articles (training) with a large London law firm before working in businesses including Guardian Royal Exchange, Axa Insurance, the Financial Services Authority, and Barclays, where he was Head of Anti-Money Laundering and Sanctions for the retail banking division before being elected to Parliament. Steve joined the Conservative Party in 1994 after leaving university.

In 2007 Barclay took over as Organiser of the Carlton Political Dinner which raises funds for the Conservative Party’s target seats. Barclay was selected in January 2008 to replace the outgoing North East Cambridgeshire Member of Parliament, Malcolm Moss.

He was subsequently elected in May 2010, at the 2010 general election with a majority of 16,425.

Barclay was named by Conservative Home as one of a minority of loyal Conservative backbench MPs not to have voted against the government in any significant rebellions.

Membership

55th United Kingdom Parliament. 56th United Kingdom Parliament]

He was a member of the A-List and was a two-time unsuccessful parliamentary candidate, contesting Manchester Blackley in 1997 and Lancaster & Wyre in 2001. After election to parliament Barclay was soon elected by fellow MPs to become a member of the Public Accounts Committee, which scrutinises government spending.