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Piers Merchant (Piers Rolf Garfield Merchant) was born on 2 January, 1951 in United Kingdom, is a British politician. Discover Piers Merchant's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 58 years old?

Popular As Piers Rolf Garfield Merchant
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Age 58 years old
Zodiac Sign Capricorn
Born 2 January, 1951
Birthday 2 January
Birthplace United Kingdom
Date of death 21 September, 2009
Died Place N/A
Nationality United Kingdom

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Who Is Piers Merchant's Wife?

His wife is Helen Burrluck (m. 1977)

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Piers Merchant Net Worth

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1951

Piers Rolf Garfield Merchant (2 January 1951 – 21 September 2009) was a British Conservative Party politician.

1983

He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Newcastle upon Tyne Central from 1983 to 1987, and then MP for Beckenham from 1992 until he resigned in October 1997 following a scandal.

Merchant was educated at Nottingham High School and the University of Durham, where he studied law and politics.

He then worked for nine years at The Journal (Newcastle).

Merchant was first elected to the House of Commons at the 1983 general election for the Newcastle Central constituency, but lost his seat in the 1987 general election.

1992

He returned to parliament as the MP for Beckenham at the 1992 general election.

He was caught by The Sun romancing with a teenage nightclub hostess on a park bench in south-east London.

1997

He resigned in 1997 following allegations that he was having an affair with his researcher.

He later claimed that the whole affair had been set up by his one time assistant and family friend, Anthony Gilberthorpe, for a payment of £25,000 from the Sunday Mirror.

2004

In the 2004 European Parliament election, Merchant stood for the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) in the North East England constituency at the top of its party list.

He was not elected.

2005

In 2005 he was the UKIP candidate for the Torrington Rural ward in the Devon County Council election, but finished fourth of the four candidates.

Piers Merchant worked for some years in various capacities for UKIP, also, for a time, he acted as UKIP General Secretary.

In 2005, Merchant and his family moved to Great Torrington in North Devon.

2009

In July 2009 he was diagnosed with advanced multisite metastatic prostate cancer.

He died on 21 September 2009.