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Adrian John Flook (born 9 July 1963) is a British
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politician, and a former Member of Parliament (MP).


Early life

Flook was educated at King Edward School, Bath and
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where he studied (BA) Modern History. He was a
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from 1985 to 1998, working first for
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and then for
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. From 1998 to 2002 he worked as a consultant for Financial Dynamics.


Parliamentary career

At the 1997 general election, he stood unsuccessfully in the safe Labour Party constituency of
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. At the 2001 general election, he was elected as MP for
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, taking the traditionally Conservative seat that had been captured by the
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at the 1997 election. Flook's victory in Taunton was one of just nine total gains made by the Conservative Party at the 2001 General Election where, under William Hague's leadership, the Party made a net gain of just one seat in the House of Commons. The seat of Taunton was high on the Conservative Party's target list, receiving a visit from Hague himself on the first day of the campaign. Flook served only one term, losing his seat at the 2005 election to the Liberal Democrat
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. While in
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he served on the Select committee on Culture, Media and Sport.


After Parliament

Flook worked for the
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firm M: Communications, where he has performed
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work on behalf of the so-called NatWest Three. Currently, he works as a Consultant for C, T, F Partners. He is a national patron of domestic violence charity ManKind Initiative. He was then elected to Wandsworth Council for the ward of Wandsworth Common in the 2018 local election. Flook subsequently stood and lost in Wandle ward in the 2022 elections.


Personal life

He married Frangelica O'Shea in 2003. Their daughter, Clementine Alexia, was born in 2005.


References

* Debrett's People of Today


External links

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entry Living people 1963 births Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Politicians from Somerset UK MPs 2001–2005 British public relations people British stockbrokers People educated at King Edward's School, Bath Alumni of Mansfield College, Oxford {{England-Conservative-UK-MP-1960s-stub