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Paul
Blanchard LLB (Hons)
Skype: paul-blanchard-york
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Tel: +44 870 741 8888
Fax: +44 870 442 5298
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Email: blanchardp <at>
parliament.uk
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Hello, and welcome to my web
page. Here is a little bit about me. I’m 33 years old, live in the village of
Strensall (York, UK) with my wife Heather and dog Sweep.
Below are a few bullet points
of information about me and my work, but if you really want to get a sense of
who I am, add me as a friend on facebook.
Work:
- I started working for myself aged 17 with a small
advert in the local paper offering IT advice
- I am Managing Partner of the PR and marketing
company Right Angles. We work for a variety of clients, from
small businesses, through campaigning organisations right up to
multinational companies, with offices in London and Leeds. I divide my
time between London and Leeds.
- I was described by Yorkshire Business Insider
magazine as a “leading Yorkshire business figure” in May 2006. I am an active networker.
- Member of the Chartered
Institute of PR Government Affairs Group, Federation of Small Businesses, York Chamber of Commerce, Leeds Chamber of Commerce, Yorkshire Association of Business Angels,
Institute of Directors, Club LS1, and the Union in Soho
Politics:
- Since 2003, I have been a Labour Party councillor
at the City of York Council,
representing Heworth Ward. After my first four-year term I was re-elected
in May 2007 for another four years, with a greatly increased vote. The
local party website is here. I recently
chaired the Inclusivity Scrutiny Committee, working at ways of opening-up
the council to those who don’t usually get involved in politics. I’m
currently: Chair, Children and Young People Working Group; and Vice-Chair,
Scrutiny Management Committee
- I am on the party’s “National Parliamentary
Panel” – a list of NEC-approved party members who can seek a Parliamentary
seat. I’m proud that at the last election I fought the strong Conservative
seat of Ryedale, growing Labour’s vote by 41%, which was the most
successful campaign in the whole country in terms of swing. You can have a look at my campaign
website here.
- I have also been active within the Local Government Association
for a number of years, where I currently serve on the Children & Young
People Board
- I recently completed the “Next Generation”
programme from Leadership
Centre for Local Government, which is “an 18-month programme designed
to develop and support high-flying councillors who have the potential for
being leaders of the future”
- I am a member of (inter alia) Labour Animal Welfare
Society, Labour Finance and
Industry Group, Labour
Movement for Europe, the Fabian Society, and Progress
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Member of:
- A lacto-ovo
vegetarian since 2000,
and strict vegan since
early 2007, I am a member of The
Vegan Society, RSPCA,
Compassion in World Farming,
Captive Animals
Protection Society, and Labour
Animal Welfare Society
- I am a secular humanist, and a member of the British Humanist
Association, National
Secular Society, and Dignity in Dying
- I am a committed republican and am a member of Republic. Click here for a clip
of me on Sky News talking about the monarchy.
- Since 2002 I have been Chairman, York Board, of
the national business education charity "Young Enterprise",
working with many schools in the area to encourage young people to learn
and succeed through enterprise. I am also a Volunteer Business Advisor and
fundraiser. In August 2006, following a region-wide reorganisation, I
became “Leader, York Taskforce.”
Some of the campaigns I support:
- Ban foie gras – my own campaign to ban this inhumane
‘delicacy’. Click
here for a clip of me on Sky News promoting the campaign
Hobbies and interests:
- Five a side football
- Socialising with friends
- Cooking
- Travelling around the UK and abroad
- Squash
- Walking and play-fighting with our dog (I always
win)
- Politics and current affairs – here is a random clip of
me on Richard & Judy defending ‘daft’ council decisions
Favourite…
- TV: Sky News, The Sopranos, 24, Prison Break, The
West Wing, Lost, Six Feet Under, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, Late Night
with Conan, Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe, Father Ted, Blackadder, Frasier,
The Office, Extras, Alan Partridge, Saxondale, Peep Show, Ali G, The
Simpsons, Futurama, Family Guy, Bo Selecta!, SpongeBob. Yes Minister, The
Thick of It, House of Cards trilogy, Knight Rider, Star Trek: The Next
Generation, Deep Space Nine, Quantum Leap
- Music: I love
music and I go to as many gigs as I can. Hue and Cry, Evanescence, Cobra
Starship, Linkin Park, Paramore, Breaks Co-op, David Gray, Lisa Loeb,
Jewel, Goldfrapp, Carole King, Nelly Furtado, Alanis Morissette, Richard
Marx, Hootie and the Blowfish, Scritti Politti, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy,
Jamie Cullum, Michael Bublé, Harry Connick Jr, Frank Sinatra, Nat King
Cole
- Movies –
Ghostbusters I and II, The Three Amigos, Ace Ventura: Pet
Detective, The Departed, Bad Santa, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Dodgeball,
Casino Royale, The Godfather, Unforgiven, 21 Grams, Superman Returns, The
Shawshank Redemption, Schindler's List, Airplane, Pulp Fiction, Raiders of
the Lost Ark (and the rest!), Glengarry Glen Ross, The Sting, Kill Bill,
Toy Story, Groundhog Day, Heat, Terminator 2, Die Hard, Rocky Balboa,
Aliens, Napoleon Dynamite, Jackass 1 & 2, Noises Off, An Inconvenient
Truth, The Karate Kid
Last updated: 8 May 2008