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| image = Dan Byles MP.jpgMember of Parliament (United Kingdom)>Member of Parliament for North Warwickshire| parliament = | term_start = 6 May 2010| term_end = 30 March 2015Mike O'Brien (British politician)>Mike O'Brien| successor = Craig Traceydf=y06|24}}| birth_place = Hastings, East Sussex, England| death_date = | death_place = | nationality = BritishConservative Party (UK)>Conservative| otherparty = | website = www.danbyles.co.uk| caption = Byles in 2013}}Daniel Alan Byles {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=small|FRGS}} (born 24 June 1974NEWS,weblink Dan Byles MP, BBC, BBC Democracy Live, 20 May 2010, live,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20130912213609weblink">weblink 12 September 2013, dmy-all, ) is a former British politician, who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for North Warwickshire from 2010 to 2015.

Background

(File:Warwick_School_front.jpg|thumb|left|Warwick School)Byles was born in Hastings, East Sussex, but spent his early childhood as an expatriate in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia before returning to England at age nine to the Cotswold market town of Chipping Norton. Helped by a government funded scholarship, the Assisted Places Scheme, Byles attended Warwick School.He attended the University of Leeds from 1993 to 1996, where he earned a 2.1 BA Joint Honours in Economics and Management Studies, becoming the first member of his family to attend university. In 2007 he was awarded an MA in creative writing from Nottingham Trent University.

Military career

Following university, Byles attended Commissioning Course 963 at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. Initially commissioned into The Light Infantry Byles later accepted a Regular Commission with the Royal Army Medical Corps as a Medical Support Officer.

Adventures and expeditions

Atlantic rowing race 1997

In 1995 Byles and his mother Janice Meek rowed {{convert|3044|nmi|km|0}} from Tenerife to Barbados; it took 100 days, 18 hours and 57 minutes. In rowing across the Atlantic, the pair became the first mother and son team to row any ocean.WEB,weblink guinness records ocean rowing, Oceanrowing.com, 18 September 2006, 4 November 2011, dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20110928024453weblink">weblink 28 September 2011, dmy,

Charities and organisations

In October 2008, Byles became the main sponsor of the Bedworth United F.C. Youth Team, in order to support community youth projects involving sport.WEB, Steve Evans,weblink News – North Warwickshire News – Dan up front with support, Coventry Telegraph, 29 October 2008, 4 November 2011, live,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20111003142655weblink">weblink 3 October 2011, dmy-all, In December 2013, Byles was made a President of The Young People's Trust for the Environment.WEB,weblink Our Team | Presidents, Trustees and Staff | Young People's Trust For the Environment, Ypte.org.uk, 2 May 2017, live,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20170704141230weblink">weblink 4 July 2017, dmy-all, for his work in Parliament on environmental and energy issues.NEWS,weblink MP Dan Byles honoured for his work on energy and environmental issues, 18 January 2014, Tamworth Herald, 19 January 2014, dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20140123141617weblink">weblink 23 January 2014, dmy-all,

Political career

File:Dan Byles rowing 2.jpg|thumb|left|Byles during the Atlantic Rowing RaceAtlantic Rowing RaceIn 2007, Byles stood as the Conservative Party candidate for Leicester City Council in Stoneygate ward.WEB,weblink Detailed Results for Stoneygate ward, Leicester City Council, 8 July 2010, dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20100509064549weblink">weblink 9 May 2010, dmy-all, On 8 March 2007, Byles was selected as the Conservative Party's Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for the North Warwickshire constituency at the 2010 general election. He was selected at an open primary.Byles was elected by 54 votes at the election on 6 May 2010 after defeating the incumbent MP Mike O'Brien, and served as Member of Parliament in the House of Commons until May 2015. He had the smallest majority of all Conservative Members of Parliament during the 2010–2015 Parliament.He gave his maiden speech in the Commons on Thursday 3 June 2010 when he spoke about Nicholas Chamberlaine, the Atherstone Ball Game, and his intention to campaign for better rehabilitation and mental health care for military veterans and reservists.WEB, Department of the Official Report (Hansard), House of Commons, Westminster,weblink House of Commons Hansard Debates for 3 Jun 2010 (pt 0016), Publications.parliament.uk, 3 June 2010, 4 November 2011, live,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20121014202828weblink">weblink 14 October 2012, dmy-all, In July 2014 Byles announced that he would not stand at the next election as "it was time to pursue new challenges."WEB,weblink Dan Byles MP Statement | Dan Byles MP, www.danbyles.co.uk, 13 January 2022,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20140723202852weblink">weblink 23 July 2014, dead,

Guinness world records

In 2006 Byles and his mother Janice Meek were belatedly awarded a Guinness World Record certificate for being the first mother and son team to row any ocean in 1997/8.

References

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External links

• Daniel Byles’ website {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210927220403weblink |date=27 September 2021 }}
• {{UK MP links | parliament = dan-byles/4112 | hansardcurr = 5598 | guardian = 12795/dan-byles | publicwhip = Dan_Byles | theywork = Dan_Byles}}

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