Anthony Francis Arbour (born 30 August 1945) is a British Conservative Party politician. From 2000 until his retirement in 2021, he was a member of the

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representing South West London and is a former Richmond councillor. He was educated at St Andrew's School and Surbiton County Grammar School before going to the then Kingston College of Technology where he earned a

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degree in economics. He went on to get a

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from City University Business School. Admitted to

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in 1967, he became a lecturer at Kingston Business School, a position he held until his election to the London Assembly in 2000. He was elected as a Conservative to Richmond upon Thames Borough Council in 1968 at the age of only 22 and served as a councillor until 1986, when he lost his seat, and from 1994. He led the Conservative group on the Council from 1996 to 2006, serving as Leader of the Council from 2002, until the Liberal Democrats led by

Serge Lourie Alexander Serge Lourie CF (22 February 1946 – 10 September 2024) was Leader of the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, and was a local government councillor there from 1982 to 2010. He was Chairman of the United Kingdom Housing Trust, K ...

regained control in 2006. Following the results of the 2018 local elections, he lost his seat once again. He was a GLC councillor for

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from 1983 to 1986 and was first elected to the London Assembly in 2000 with 35.4% of the ballot and a majority of 7,059 votes. He was re-elected in 2004 with a majority of 4,067, in 2008 with a majority of 26,928, in 2012 with a majority of 19,262, and in 2016 with a majority of 21,444 votes. He was a member of the

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and has served as a Justice of the Peace since 1974.

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Biography from the London Assembly

Kingston and Surbiton Conservative Association
– Kingston and Surbiton Conservative Association
Tony Arbour at Twickenham Conservatives
– Tony Arbour at Twickenham Conservatives

– Tony Arbour Living people Conservative Members of the London Assembly Members of the Greater London Council Councillors in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames 1945 births Alumni of Kingston University Alumni of Bayes Business School People educated at Surbiton County Grammar School Leaders of local authorities of England London AMs 2000–2004 London AMs 2004–2008 London AMs 2008–2012 London AMs 2012–2016 London AMs 2016–2021 English justices of the peace Officers_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire {{England-politician-stub