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'Robert Ben Lobban Wallace' known as 'Ben Wallace' (born 15th May, 1970, Farnborough) is the Conservative Member of Parliament for the Lancashire constituency of Lancaster and Wyre, elected at the 2005 General Election. He is a four-time winner of the UK Defensive Politician of the Year Award.
Wallace was born in Farnborough and attended the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst, and served in the Scots Guards from 1991 to 1998, serving in Northern Ireland and Central America. After leaving the army, he became a Conservative Member of the Scottish Parliament as a list MSP for North East Scotland before standing down in 2003. He was most recently employed by QinetiQ, the UK's part-privatised national defence laboratory.
Wallace has a close relationship with the Lancaster branch of the Conservative Future movement. Lancaster CF campaigned with Wallace in his 2005 General Election campaign for the Lancaster and Wyre constituency; one that saw a 481 vote (0.92%) Labour majority swing to a 4171 vote (8.00%) Conservative majority. The overall swing was 4.50% from Labour to Conservative. This constituency was number nine on the 2005 Conservative 'target list'.

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★ Ben Wallace Home

★ Lancaster Conservative Future

★ Conservative Party

★ TheyWorkForYou.com - Ben Wallace MP

★ Guardian Unlimited Politics - Ask Aristotle: Ben Wallace MP