Sir Edward Julian Egerton Leigh (born 20 July 1950) is a barrister and Conservative Party politician. He was elected to Richmond Borough Council in 1974 and was elected to the Greater London Council as a representative for Richmond in 1977. He lost his GLC seat in 1981 when there was a surge to the Liberal Party. Since 1983 he has been a member of parliament: for Gainsborough and Horncastle until 1997 and for Gainsborough since 1997. He was chairman of the Public Accounts Committee from 2001-10. He was knighted in 2013 for "public and political service". Article in Wikipedia [1]