Matt Palmer, Conservative, Bradford South

Name: Matt Palmer

Candidate for: Bradford South

Party: Conservative

Votes: 11,060

Profile:

Matt lives and works locally, living in Burley-in-Wharfedale with his wife Mariya, and working at Skipton Building Society.

He is councillor for Wharfedale ward on Bradford Council, where he chairs a key committee.

His political interests include education, the economy, the NHS and delivering opportunity for all.

Matt is also a governor of Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and serves on the executive of the Foundation Trust Governors Association, a national body helping Governors improve the way the NHS is run. He ran a small internet business and now works for Skipton Building Society.

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