Dermot Maguire

Dermot Maguire, QC, MP (born 18 August, 1947) is a British Conservative Party politician and Member of Parliament for Holland with Boston. Maguire is a member of the Conservative Monday Club and is a Libertarian Thatcherite to be on the moderate right of the party.

Early Life
Maguire was born to a Catholic family in Boston, Lincolnshire in 1947. His father, John Maguire (b. 1914) was an upper class Catholic Unionist from Fermanagh in what was Ireland. His mother Mary (b. 1921) was the Daughter of Earl of South Holland. He went to local schools and was sent to Eton and eventually went to Oxford University attending Balliol College to study law. There he was a Member of the Conservative Association.

Member of Parliament
In 1983, He was selected to stand in the newly created seat of Corby he won but searched for a new seat. In 1987 The incumbent Member of Parliament for Holland with Boston stood down and there was a vacancy for the post. Maguire launched a campaign to become to Conservative Candidate and won. He won the seat that year with a 17,000 majority and again in 1992 with a majority of 13,000. During the 1995 General Election the seat was heaviliy targetted by Labour but remain Conservative with a 1,200 majority. In 1998 Maguire retained the seat with an increased majority of nearly 7,000.

Personal Life
Dermot Maguire is married to Virginia Maguire (Nee Stephenson) (b. 1950) whom he married on the 22nd of October 1981. They have 2 children, Robert (b. 1985) and Lucy (b. 1989). They have a residence in Boston.

Political Position
Maguire is known to be on the Libertarian wing of the Conservative Party. He is known to be a moderniser similar to Michael Portillo. He has soft eurosceptic views and believes Britain should remain in the European Union for the mean time. He favours free market capitalism similar to Margaret Thatcher. He believes immigration should be controlled and that immigrants should be intergrated into the society and way of life of the residents of the country. He is known to oppose the death penalty but supports full life sentences for murder, treason and rape. He is known to be an animal rights support and has campaigned against fox hunting for many years. ==[edit] ==