| Gary Waller | |
| Constituency Mp: | Keighley |
| Predecessor: | Bob Cryer |
| Successor: | Ann Cryer |
| Term Start: | 9 June 1983 |
| Term End: | 8 April 1997 |
| Constituency Mp1: | Brighouse and Spenborough |
| Predecessor1: | George Jackson |
| Successor1: | Constituency abolished |
| Term Start1: | 3 May 1979 |
| Term End1: | 13 May 1983 |
| Birth Date: | 24 June 1945 |
| Birth Place: | Bradford, West Yorkshire, England |
| Nationality: | British |
| Party: | Conservative |
| Alma Mater: | Lancaster University |
| Occupation: | Politician |
| Birth Name: | Gary Peter Anthony Wallerstein |
Gary Peter Anthony Waller (24 June 1945 – 21 July 2017[1]) was a British Conservative politician.
Waller was educated at Rugby School, where he excelled at cross country running, and graduated from Lancaster University in 1967.
Waller was the Conservative candidate for the Labour safe seat of Rother Valley in the February and October 1974 elections, but Peter Hardy retained the seat on both occasions. Waller was originally elected as the MP for Brighouse and Spenborough, taking the seat from Labour, at the 1979 general election, until 1983, when boundary changes meant the constituency was abolished. Instead, he was elected for nearby Keighley, defeating the Labour incumbent Bob Cryer.
During his time in Parliament, Waller served as Vice Chairman of the Parliamentary Information Technology Committee.[2] From 1992 to 1997, he served as Chairman of the House of Commons Information Committee,[3] which oversaw the work of the House of Commons Library and parliamentary IT.
At the 1997 general election, he lost his Keighley seat to Labour's Ann Cryer, widow of Bob Cryer.
In January 1994, The People newspaper published claims Waller was the father of an illegitimate son. The newspaper claimed he was the biological father of the son of Fay Stockwell, who was Sir Marcus Fox's secretary. Waller later admitted the claims were true.[4] [5] [6]
Waller was elected a District Councillor on 5 May 2011 to represent the Lower Sheering Ward on Epping Forest District Council. He was the cabinet member for the Safer, Greener and Transport portfolio and a member of many committees and panels, including the Essex Police and Crime Panel.[1] He was President of Harlow Conservative Association,[7] and lived near his ward. He also served on Hatfield Broad Oak parish council.