Peter Gerard Dunphy (born June 1966) is a

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Councillor for the ward of Cornhill, film producer and former staffing business CEO.

Early life

Peter Gerard Dunphy was born in 1966 in

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, County Durham, England and educated at St Bede's Catholic School and Sixth Form College in Lanchester, Co. Durham.

Career

Dunphy is a business investment adviser and was previously and Investment Director of

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's Hamilton Bradshaw Private Equity, the CEO of FRG Recruitment and the former CEO of recruitment company, Dryden Human Capital (Formerly Darwin Rhodes Group), at the time the largest insurance staffing firm globally. He successfully sold the business in 2012 to private equity funds. He is also a film producer (as Peter Gerard Dunphy) and has acted as Executive Producer for over a dozen films including

Mad to Be Normal ''Mad to Be Normal'' is a 2017 British drama film directed by Robert Mullan and written by Robert Mullan and Tracy Moreton. The film stars David Tennant, Elisabeth Moss, Gabriel Byrne, Michael Gambon, David Bamber, Olivia Poulet and Trevor Whi ...

starring

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Gabriel Byrne Gabriel James Byrne (born 12 May 1950) is an Irish actor, film director, film producer, screenwriter, audiobook narrator, and author. His acting career began in the Focus Theatre before he joined London's Royal Court Theatre in 1979. Byrne's s ...

and

Michael Gambon Sir Michael John Gambon (; born 19 October 1940) is an Irish-English actor. Regarded as one of Ireland and Britain's most distinguished actors, he is known for his work on stage and screen. Gambon started his acting career with Laurence Olivi ...

;

Funny Cow ''Funny Cow'' is a 2017 British comedy-drama film directed by Adrian Shergold and written by Tony Pitts. The film stars Maxine Peake, Paddy Considine, Tony Pitts, Stephen Graham, and Alun Armstrong. Original songs and score were composed by ...

starring

Maxine Peake Maxine Peake (born 14 July 1974) is an English actress and narrator. She is known for her roles as Twinkle in the BBC One sitcom '' dinnerladies'' (1998–2000), Veronica Ball in the hit Channel 4 comedy drama '' Shameless'' (2004–2007), Ma ...

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and

Stephen Graham Stephen Joseph Graham (born 3 August 1973) is a British actor. He is best known for playing Andrew "Combo" Gascoigne in the film '' This Is England'' (2006) and its television sequels '' This Is England '86'' (2010), ''This Is England '88'' ...

;

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with

Cathy Tyson Catherine Tyson (born 12 June 1965) is an English actress. She won the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the film ''Mona Lisa'' (1986), which also earned her Best Supporting Actress no ...

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and

David Hayman David Hayman (born 9 February 1948) is a Scottish film, television and stage actor and director, known for his role as DCS Mike Walker in ITV drama ''Trial & Retribution'', as Jonas Franks in BBC period drama '' The Paradise'' and as Brace in ...

, the feature length autobiographical The Quiet One about

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and the feature length documentary Bicycle.

Politics

Dunphy is a member of the Liberal Democrat party for whom he was the unsuccessful candidate in Hornsey and Wood Green in the 1992 general election, the

1994 Dagenham by-election The Dagenham by-election, in Dagenham, on 9 June 1994 was held after Labour Member of Parliament (MP) Bryan Gould resigned the seat. A safe Labour seat, it was won by Judith Church, who retained the seat in 1997. Candidates * Judith Church had u ...

, and in Walthamstow Parliament constituency in the 2001 general election. Between 2012 and 2018 he was the Party's Registered Party Treasurer responsible for overseeing the financial compliance of the Party. He and his personal company Peter Dunphy Consulting had donated £152,637 (£138,658 personally) to the Party over several years. Dunphy is also an elected Independent City of London Councillor for the ward of Cornhill. He was elected in 2009 and re-elected in 2013, 2017 and 2022. In 2016 he was elected Chairman of the Licensing Committee. He was, along with

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, founder and Director of

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the electoral pact between parties which supported remaining in the European Union in the 2019 UK general election

Charitable Work

Dunphy is a trustee of The Honourable The Irish Society serving as Deputy Governor between 2019 and 2021 He is a Liveryman of The

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References

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