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Richard chatting with David Cameron
Richard’s enthusiasm for politics started at university where he held senior office in both the University Conservative Association and the Student Union. During this time nationally, he sat on the Executive Board of the Federation of Conservative Students and was a member of the National Union Executive of the Party.
He is a long-time member of the Conservative Party who has played an active part in every General Election and many by-elections since 1983. Richard is currently Chairman of the Executive Board of the Conservatives Friends of Israel (for more information click here) and was appointed a Treasurer of the party in 2008 in which role he launched the Number 10 Club with Sir John Major.
Richard Harrington with Hertsmere MP James Clappison
His candidature in Watford is the first time he has stood for Parliament. His deep familiarity with the area springs from his work in previous elections in the neighbouring Hertsmere constituency from which he was instrumental in providing mutual aid to Conservatives in Watford, as well as his longstanding family connections with the area.
In wider political circles he is best known as a forthright supporter of Ken Clarke’s leadership campaign in 2001 and for his tireless work for the Conservative Friends of Israel which, in his tenure, has quadrupled in size financially.
