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Centre for Opposition Studies
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Professor George E Holmes DL | President & Vice Chancellor
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Ellisse Vernon | BSc (Hons) Adult Nursing
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University of Bolton, why we are the right choice
Location - Bolton, Greater Manchester
Michael Howard was Leader of the Opposition and of the Conservative Party from November 2003 to December 2005. Previously he had served in various roles in Opposition, including Shadow Foreign Secretary and Shadow Chancellor.
He was a minister in the previous Conservative Government for twelve years, and served in the Cabinets of Margaret Thatcher and John Major. He was appointed as Employment Secretary in 1990, Environment Secretary in 1992, and was for four years Home Secretary, from 1993 to 1997. He served as Member of Parliament for Folkestone and Hythe from 1983 until 2010, and became our first Honorary President in September 2008. After retiring from the Commons he was awarded a peerage and now sits in the House of Lords as Lord Howard of Lympne.