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Gordon Henderson
Gordon Henderson
	Official portrait, 2020
Member of Parliament ; for Sittingbourne and Sheppey
	In office; 6 May 2010 – 30 May 2024
Preceded by	Derek Wyatt
Succeeded by	TBC
Personal details
Born	27 January 1948 (age 76); Gillingham, Kent, England
Political party	Conservative
Children	3
Occupation	Operations manager, contracts officer, store manager
Website	gordonhendersonmp.org.uk

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Gordon Henderson (born 27 January 1948) is a British politician. A member of the Conservative Party, he served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Sittingbourne and Sheppey constituency in Kent from 2010 to 2024.

Professional career

Henderson left school at 15 and started work as a stockroom assistant in a Woolworths shop in Chatham. He advanced through the ranks of the company, becoming a senior store manager. Henderson left Woolworths in 1979 after 15 years with the company.

After leaving Woolworths, Henderson went through a range of jobs and ran his own restaurant in South Africa. He was also a senior contracts officer for GEC Marconi, and worked for a Rochester based wine company. Before entering parliament he worked as an operations manager for an alcohol-based gifts company.^[3]

Political career

Henderson has a long-standing interest in politics. He was a Conservative Party political agent and was the constituency agent for North Thanet MP, Roger Gale.

Henderson has served as deputy leader of Swale Borough Council twice and was also a member of Kent County Council,^[4] during which time he sat both on the education committee and the Kent Police Authority.

In the 2001 general election, Henderson contested the seat of Luton South where he came 2nd, 10,133 votes behind the incumbent Labour MP Margaret Moran.^[5]^[6] In the 2005 general election, Henderson contested the Sittingbourne and Sheppey and came second, losing by only 79 votes to the incumbent Labour MP Derek Wyatt.^[7]

In the 2010 general election, Henderson stood again in Sittingbourne and Sheppey, and was elected as the MP, receiving a 12,383 majority with 50.0% of the vote.^[8]

Henderson was re-elected at the 2015 general election with a slightly decreased majority of 12,168 and a slightly decreased vote share of 49.5%.^[9]

He was a supporter of the Better Off Out campaign which called for the United Kingdom to leave the European Union. In 2010, he had stated that the non-Conservative politician he most admired was Nigel Farage.^[10] In 2014, Henderson responded to speculation about a possible defection to UKIP by issuing a statement saying defection was something he had considered, but he viewed their other policies as "muddled and contradictory".^[11]

At the snap 2017 general election, Henderson was again re-elected, increasing his vote share to 60.2% and his majority to 15,211.^[12]

During the 2019 general election Henderson increased his vote share at the election by over 7% to 67.6% He increased his majority from 15,211 to 24,479.^[13]

In March 2023, Henderson announced he would retire at the 2024 general election.^[4]

Personal life

Henderson was born in Gillingham. He is married with three children, and has seven grandchildren. Henderson has lived on the Isle of Sheppey for over 30 years. He is a long time supporter of Gillingham F.C. and Partick Thistle F.C. Henderson has been involved in local voluntary work, as an instructor in the Army Cadet Force, as a director of the SWIM training centre in Sittingbourne and as a school governor at Eastchurch Primary School in Sheppey and the Cheyne Middle School in Sheppey. He is currently chairman of Litter Angels, which holds annual workshops in primary schools across Sittingbourne and Sheppey and runs an anti-litter poster competition.^[3]

References

^ "Gordon Henderson MP". BBC Democracy Live. BBC. Retrieved 25 July 2010.
^ "Who's Who". Ukwhoswho.com. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
^ ^a ^b "Gordon Henderson". www.gordonhendersonmp.co.uk.
^ ^a ^b "Gordon Henderson to stand down as MP at next general election". BBC News. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
^ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
^ Vote 2001: Luton South, BBC News
^ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
^ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
^ "Gordon Henderson MP answers ConHome's Twenty Questions for the Class of 2010 Tory MPs". Conservativehome.blogs.com. 9 August 2010. Archived from the original on 14 August 2010. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
^ Swinford, Stephen. "Tory MP: I considered defecting to Ukip but party is 'muddled and contradictory'". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
^ "Loony Party Candidates". Archived from the original on 18 January 2018. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
^ "Sittingbourne & Sheppey Parliamentary constituency". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 26 November 2019.

External links

Official website
Profile at Parliament of the United Kingdom
Contributions in Parliament at Hansard
Voting record at Public Whip
Record in Parliament at TheyWorkForYou

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Derek Wyatt	Member of Parliament for Sittingbourne and Sheppey 2010–2024	Succeeded by To Be Elected

[1] "Gordon Henderson MP". BBC Democracy Live. BBC. Retrieved 25 July 2010.

[2] "Who's Who". Ukwhoswho.com. Retrieved 20 December 2012.

[gordonhendersonmp1-3] "Gordon Henderson". www.gordonhendersonmp.co.uk.

[retirement-4] "Gordon Henderson to stand down as MP at next general election". BBC News. Retrieved 17 March 2023.

[electoralcalculus2001-5] "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

[bbc-6] Vote 2001: Luton South, BBC News

[electoralcalculus2005-7] "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

[electoralcalculus2010-8] "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.

[electoralcalculus-9] "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.

[10] "Gordon Henderson MP answers ConHome's Twenty Questions for the Class of 2010 Tory MPs". Conservativehome.blogs.com. 9 August 2010. Archived from the original on 14 August 2010. Retrieved 20 December 2012.

[11] Swinford, Stephen. "Tory MP: I considered defecting to Ukip but party is 'muddled and contradictory'". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 28 March 2015.

[12] "Loony Party Candidates". Archived from the original on 18 January 2018. Retrieved 7 May 2017.

[13] "Sittingbourne & Sheppey Parliamentary constituency". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 26 November 2019.

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-'''Gordon Henderson''' (born 27 January 1948) is a [[Conservative Party (UK)|British Conservative Party]] politician. He is the [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) for the [[Sittingbourne and Sheppey (UK Parliament constituency)|Sittingbourne and Sheppey]] constituency in [[Kent]], having won the seat at the [[2010 United Kingdom general election|2010 general election]].
+'''Gordon Henderson''' (born 27 January 1948) is a British politician. A member of the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]], he served as the [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) for the [[Sittingbourne and Sheppey (UK Parliament constituency)|Sittingbourne and Sheppey]] constituency in [[Kent]] from [[2010 United Kingdom general election|2010]] to [[2024 United Kingdom general election|2024]].
 ==Professional career==
 Henderson left school at 15 and started work as a stockroom assistant in a [[Woolworths Group (United Kingdom)|Woolworths]] shop in [[Chatham, Kent|Chatham]]. He advanced through the ranks of the company, becoming a senior store manager. Henderson left Woolworths in 1979 after 15 years with the company.
-After leaving Woolworths Henderson went through a range of jobs and ran his own restaurant in South Africa. He was also a senior contracts officer for [[Marconi Electronic Systems|GEC Marconi]], and worked for a [[Rochester, Kent|Rochester]] based wine company. Before entering parliament Henderson worked as an operations manager for an alcohol-based gifts company, the largest in the UK.<ref name="gordonhendersonmp1">{{cite web|url=http://www.gordonhendersonmp.co.uk/#/about-gordon/4533186524|title=Gordon Henderson|website=www.gordonhendersonmp.co.uk}}</ref>
+After leaving Woolworths, Henderson went through a range of jobs and ran his own restaurant in [[South Africa]]. He was also a senior contracts officer for [[Marconi Electronic Systems|GEC Marconi]], and worked for a [[Rochester, Kent|Rochester]] based wine company. Before entering parliament he worked as an operations manager for an alcohol-based gifts company.<ref name="gordonhendersonmp1">{{cite web|url=http://www.gordonhendersonmp.co.uk/#/about-gordon/4533186524|title=Gordon Henderson|website=www.gordonhendersonmp.co.uk}}</ref>
 ==Political career==
-Henderson has a long-standing interest in politics. He is a fully qualified Conservative Party political agent and was the constituency agent for [[North Thanet (UK Parliament constituency)|North Thanet]] MP, [[Roger Gale]].
+Henderson has a long-standing interest in politics. He was a Conservative Party political agent and was the constituency agent for [[North Thanet (UK Parliament constituency)|North Thanet]] MP, [[Roger Gale]].
-Henderson has served as deputy leader of Swale Borough Council twice and was also a Kent county councillor, during which time he sat both on the education committee and the [[Kent Police]] Authority. In 2001, Henderson contested the seat of [[Luton South (UK Parliament constituency)|Luton South]]; he was unsuccessful, losing by 10,000 votes. In 2005, Henderson contested the Sittingbourne and Sheppey seat and came second, losing by only 79 votes. In 2010, Henderson once again stood for Sittingbourne and Sheppey, this time he received a 12,383 majority (50.5% of the vote)<ref name="gordonhendersonmp1"/>
+Henderson has served as deputy leader of [[Swale Borough Council]] twice and was also a member of [[Kent County Council]],<ref name="retirement" /> during which time he sat both on the education committee and the [[Kent Police]] Authority.
+In the [[2001 United Kingdom general election|2001 general election]], Henderson contested the seat of [[Luton South (UK Parliament constituency)|Luton South]] where he came 2nd, 10,133 votes behind the incumbent [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] MP [[Margaret Moran]].<ref name=electoralcalculus2001>{{cite web|title=Election Data 2001|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2001ob.txt|publisher=[[Electoral Calculus]]|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054450/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2001ob.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}</ref><ref name="bbc">[http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/vote2001/results_constituencies/constituencies/387.stm Vote 2001: Luton South], ''[[BBC News]]''</ref> In the [[2005 United Kingdom general election|2005 general election]], Henderson contested the [[Sittingbourne and Sheppey]] and came second, losing by only 79 votes to the incumbent [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] MP [[Derek Wyatt]].<ref name=electoralcalculus2005>{{cite web|title=Election Data 2005|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2005ob.txt|publisher=[[Electoral Calculus]]|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054249/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2005ob.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}</ref>
-He was a supporter of the [[Better Off Out]] campaign which called for the United Kingdom to leave the European Union. In 2010, he stated that the non-Conservative politician he most admired was [[Nigel Farage]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://conservativehome.blogs.com/parliament/2010/08/gordon-henderson-mp-answers-conhomes-twenty-questions-for-the-class-of-2010.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100814145238/http://conservativehome.blogs.com/parliament/2010/08/gordon-henderson-mp-answers-conhomes-twenty-questions-for-the-class-of-2010.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=14 August 2010 |title=Gordon Henderson MP answers ConHome's Twenty Questions for the Class of 2010 Tory MPs |work=Conservativehome.blogs.com |date=9 August 2010 |access-date=20 December 2012}}</ref> In 2014, Henderson responded to speculation about a possible defection to UKIP by issuing a statement saying defection was something he had considered, but he viewed their other policies as "muddled and contradictory".<ref>{{cite news|title=Tory MP: I considered defecting to Ukip but party is 'muddled and contradictory'|last1=Swinford|first1=Stephen|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/ukip/11127832/Tory-MP-I-considered-defecting-to-Ukip-but-party-is-muddled-and-contradictory.html|access-date=28 March 2015|work=The Daily Telegraph}}</ref>
+In the [[2010 United Kingdom general election|2010 general election]], Henderson stood again in Sittingbourne and Sheppey, and was elected as the MP, receiving a 12,383 majority with 50.0% of the vote.<ref name=electoralcalculus2010>{{cite web|title=Election Data 2010|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2010.txt|publisher=[[Electoral Calculus]]|access-date=17 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130726162034/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2010.txt|archive-date=26 July 2013}}</ref>
-During the [[2019 United Kingdom general election|2019 General Election]] Henderson increased his vote share at the election by over 7%.{{citation needed|date=July 2021}}
+Henderson was re-elected at the [[2015 United Kingdom general election|2015 general election]] with a slightly decreased majority of 12,168 and a slightly decreased vote share of 49.5%.<ref name=electoralcalculus>{{cite web|title=Election Data 2015|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2015.txt|publisher=[[Electoral Calculus]]|access-date=17 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017112223/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2015.txt|archive-date=17 October 2015}}</ref>
+He was a supporter of the [[Better Off Out]] campaign which called for the United Kingdom to leave the European Union. In 2010, he had stated that the non-Conservative politician he most admired was [[Nigel Farage]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://conservativehome.blogs.com/parliament/2010/08/gordon-henderson-mp-answers-conhomes-twenty-questions-for-the-class-of-2010.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100814145238/http://conservativehome.blogs.com/parliament/2010/08/gordon-henderson-mp-answers-conhomes-twenty-questions-for-the-class-of-2010.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=14 August 2010 |title=Gordon Henderson MP answers ConHome's Twenty Questions for the Class of 2010 Tory MPs |work=Conservativehome.blogs.com |date=9 August 2010 |access-date=20 December 2012}}</ref> In 2014, Henderson responded to speculation about a possible defection to [[UKIP]] by issuing a statement saying defection was something he had considered, but he viewed their other policies as "muddled and contradictory".<ref>{{cite news|title=Tory MP: I considered defecting to Ukip but party is 'muddled and contradictory'|last1=Swinford|first1=Stephen|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/ukip/11127832/Tory-MP-I-considered-defecting-to-Ukip-but-party-is-muddled-and-contradictory.html|access-date=28 March 2015|work=The Daily Telegraph}}</ref>
+At the snap [[2017 United Kingdom general election|2017 general election]], Henderson was again re-elected, increasing his vote share to 60.2% and his majority to 15,211.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.loonyparty.com/0807/5939/general-election-candiadtes/ | title=Loony Party Candidates | access-date=7 May 2017 | archive-date=18 January 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180118181043/http://www.loonyparty.com/0807/5939/general-election-candiadtes/ | url-status=dead }}</ref>
+During the [[2019 United Kingdom general election|2019 general election]] Henderson increased his vote share at the election by over 7% to 67.6% He increased his majority from 15,211 to 24,479.<ref>{{cite web |title=Sittingbourne & Sheppey Parliamentary constituency |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000927 |website=BBC News |publisher=BBC |access-date=26 November 2019}}</ref>
+In March 2023, Henderson announced he would retire at the [[2024 United Kingdom general election|2024 general election]].<ref name ="retirement">{{Cite web |title=Gordon Henderson to stand down as MP at next general election |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-64989524 |access-date=2023-03-17 |website=[[BBC News]] |language=en}}</ref>
 ==Personal life==
-Henderson was born in the Medway towns. He is married with three children, and seven grandchildren. Henderson has lived on the [[Isle of Sheppey]] for over 30 years. He is a long time supporter of [[Gillingham F.C.]] and [[Partick Thistle F.C.]] Henderson has been involved in local voluntary work, as an instructor in the [[Army Cadet Force]], as a director of the SWIM training centre (Sittingbourne) and as a [[school governor]] at Eastchurch Primary School (Sheppey) and the Cheyne Middle School (Sheppey).  He is currently chairman of Litter Angels, which holds annual workshops in primary schools across Sittingbourne and Sheppey and runs an anti-litter poster competition.<ref name="gordonhendersonmp1"/>
+Henderson was born in [[Gillingham, Kent|Gillingham]]. He is married with three children, and has seven grandchildren. Henderson has lived on the [[Isle of Sheppey]] for over 30 years. He is a long time supporter of [[Gillingham F.C.]] and [[Partick Thistle F.C.]] Henderson has been involved in local voluntary work, as an instructor in the [[Army Cadet Force]], as a director of the SWIM training centre in [[Sittingbourne]] and as a [[school governor]] at Eastchurch Primary School in [[Isle of Sheppey|Sheppey]] and the Cheyne Middle School in Sheppey.  He is currently chairman of Litter Angels, which holds annual workshops in primary schools across Sittingbourne and Sheppey and runs an anti-litter poster competition.<ref name="gordonhendersonmp1"/>
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