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Harry Newton

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Harry is a 30 year old gregarious West Yorkshire lad who now lives in a beautiful part of rural South West Wiltshire near Salisbury with his parents. He was born with cerebral palsy  and is permanently in a wheelchair. For some 12 and a half years he was a member of the Labour Party, but due to their policies he found himself marginalised. He has a particular interest in paid employment for people with disabilities, empowering individuals and removing barriers and obstacles. Due to his condition he has found this area sadly lacking and paid employment opportunities difficult to find - this has led him to seek voluntary opportunities. These were for a local not for profit organisation called Swan Advocacy Network, The Shaw Trust and Scope. He has a keen interest in social issues regarding disability, the homeless and the marginalised. He is also a regular blogger about his daily life.His charismatic evangelical Christian faith keeps him grounded. Attending a local church on the Salisbury Plain, his faith is fundamentally important to him. Some of his other interests are food, real ale and he is a member of CAMRA the campaign for real ale. He is an executive member and stakeholder of Hampshire Cricket at the Ageas Bowl in Southampton. He loves to socialise with friends . He has been involved with non league football since 2008 and and has attended over 600 matches both home and away some as far as Southport and Grimsby. He joined Liberate dance group during his time shielding and goes now on most Saturday afternoons.

He completed a long distance learning   course alongside completion of   his main studies undertaking an access to FE course in conjunction with the Wiltshire college campus transitional team Salisbury.  While attending a prestigious  non-maintained boarding school and college outside of Alton in East Hampshire named Treloar’s  Which he left in July 2010. A relatively new member - Harry joined the Party in October 2019 - he has wasted no time in getting involved with various groups across the Conservative Party. These include the Conservative Christian Fellowship (CCF) and his local hub of the South West Conservative Policy Forum (CPF) and at his local South- West Wiltshire association level.

Harry also has a passion for supporting the Blue Wall 2019 Conservative Intake through his grassroots membership of the Southwest regional Blue-Collar Conservatives hub and he is also a member of the Tory Reform Group (TRG). He is also a member of the Executive of the Conservative Disability Group (CDG) and a regular participant at the CDG's events. Harry's Twitter Handles are @Wheelchairchap1 and @HumanDisabled Harry's website can be accessed here.

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