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Mark Pack

Nigel Waterson receives police apology

By Mark Pack | Thu 23rd September 2010 - 11:36 pm

An update on one of the stories mentioned in our previous coverage of Nigel Waterson, the now former Tory MP for Eastbourne. As ConservativeHome reports:

It was reported in 2008 that Nigel Waterson, then the Conservative MP for Eastbourne, had been arrested for allegedly assaulting his teenage children.

The Metropolitan Police has now apologised to Mr Waterson, and agreed to pay him damages and costs. It accepts that the accusations made against him were “wholly unfounded”, and apologises for any distress caused.

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Stephen Tall

Lib Dem MP Stephen Lloyd to be sued by defeated Tory rival

By Stephen Tall | Fri 6th August 2010 - 9:00 pm

The BBC reports:

Lawyers for Nigel Waterson, who was Eastbourne MP until 2010, confirmed he was to sue Stephen Lloyd for libel. The action is to centre on a leaflet produced by his Liberal Democrat successor during the 2010 general election campaign.

The Corporation notes that “Mr Waterson was cleared of any wrong-doing over his expenses claims”, so let’s remind ourselves of his expenses record:

Nigel Waterson claimed mortgage interest/rent payments and food bills at his second home in Beckenham, Kent. Also billed taxpayer £1,055 to paint house and garage

And Mr Waterson also had problems retaining the support even …

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Mark Pack

Nigel Waterson MP attacked by his own side for negative campaigning

By Mark Pack | Thu 28th January 2010 - 8:59 pm

Nigel Waterson, the Conservative MP for Eastbourne who is struggling to hold his seat in the face of Stephen Lloyd’s challenge, has suffered a further blow today.

Only a few days ago the former Tory MP Ernle Money said he would be voting Lib Dem in Eastbourne, saying Nigel Waterson “has been a rotten MP and on numerous occasions, he has jumped onto any passing bandwagon and taken up causes after they have already been dealt with by others.”

Now the former chair of the local Conservative Association has accused Nigel Waterson of negative campaigning and revealed that he had told his own campaign team that he was losing the seat.

You can watch the BBC’s report on Nigel Waterson here:

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The Voice

Ex-Tory MP pledges to back Lib Dem candidate in Eastbourne

By The Voice | Sat 23rd January 2010 - 3:45 pm

There’s good news for Lib Dem candidate Stephen Lloyd in his campaign to win the Tory seat of Eastbourne – one of his residents, a former Tory MP, has pledged to vote for Stephen declaring the Lib Dem “will prove to be a dedicated, open and hardworking member of parliament for the Eastbourne constituency”.

The Rye and Battle Observer has the story:

A FORMER Conservative MP and Eastbourne voter has publicly vowed not to vote for Tory Nigel Waterson at the forthcoming General election. Ernle Money, a Conservative MP for Ipswich in the 1970s who lives in Furness Road, said

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Mark Pack

Tory MPs Derek Conway and Nigel Waterson in trouble

By Mark Pack | Tue 29th January 2008 - 9:39 am
  1. One of Derek Conway’s constituents is not happy. Duncan Borrowman, that is.
  2. Nigel Waterson has been arrested for allegedly assaulting his children.
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