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{{Short description|British politician}}
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'''Adrian John Flook''' (born 9 July 1963) is a British [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] politician, and a former [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (MP).

==Early life==
Flook was educated at [[King Edward's School, Bath|King Edward School]], Bath and [[Mansfield College, Oxford]] where he studied (BA) Modern History.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=86737|title=Our Campaigns - Candidate - Adrian Flook|website=www.ourcampaigns.com|access-date=2017-03-30}}</ref> He was a [[stockbroker]] from 1985 to 1998, working first for [[UBS Warburg]] and then for [[Société Générale]]. From 1998 to 2002 he worked as a consultant for Financial Dynamics.

==Parliamentary career==
At the [[1997 United Kingdom general election|1997 general election]], he stood unsuccessfully in the safe [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] constituency of [[Pontefract and Castleford (UK Parliament constituency)|Pontefract and Castleford]].

At the [[2001 United Kingdom general election|2001 general election]], he was elected as MP for [[Taunton (UK Parliament constituency)|Taunton]], taking the traditionally Conservative seat that had been captured by the [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrat]] [[Jackie Ballard]] at the 1997 election. Flook's victory in Taunton was one of just nine total gains made by the Conservative Party at the 2001 General Election where, under William Hague's leadership, the Party made a net gain of just one seat in the House of Commons. The seat of Taunton was high on the Conservative Party's target list, receiving a visit from Hague himself on the first day of the campaign. Flook served only one term, losing his seat at the [[2005 United Kingdom general election|2005 election]] to the Liberal Democrat [[Jeremy Browne]]. While in [[Parliament of the United Kingdom|Parliament]] he served on the [[Select committee (United Kingdom)|Select committee]] on Culture, Media and Sport.

==After Parliament==
Flook worked for the [[public relations]] firm M: Communications, where he has performed [[pro bono]] work on behalf of the so-called [[NatWest Three]]. Currently, he works as a Consultant for C|T|F Partners. He is a national patron of domestic violence charity [[ManKind Initiative]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mankind.org.uk/aboutus.html |title=About us |accessdate=2010-07-12 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100817233358/http://www.mankind.org.uk/aboutus.html |archivedate=17 August 2010 |df=dmy }}</ref>
He was then elected to Wandsworth Council for the ward of Wandsworth Common in the 2018 local election. Flook subsequently stood and lost in Wandle ward in the 2022 elections.

==Personal life==
He married Frangelica O'Shea in 2003. Their  daughter, Clementine Alexia, was born in 2005.

==References==
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* Debrett's People of Today

==External links==
* {{Hansard-contribs | mr-adrian-flook | Adrian Flook }}
* [https://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/adrian_flook/taunton theyworkforyou.com] entry
* [http://www.publicwhip.org.uk/mp.php?mpn=Adrian_Flook&mpc=Taunton publicwhip.org.uk] entry

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