Geoffrey Boot

Geoffrey Boot (born 1953) is an English politician who is currently serving as a member of the House of Keys for Glenfaba & Peel. He was also mayor of Sandgate, Kent.

Political career

Prior to his election into the House of Keys, Boot was a Conservative Party councillor in the parish of Sandgate, Kent, where he served four years as chairman and for three months was their only mayor.[1] He and his wife Suzie unsuccessfully stood in the 2007 Shepway District Council election for the Folkestone Cheriton ward.[2]

He contested the House of Keys seat of Glenfaba in both the 2006 and 2011 Manx general elections, but the seat was retained by his opponent David Anderson in both elections.[3][4] He stood in a 2015 by-election triggered by Anderson's promotion to the Legislative Council of the Isle of Man.[5] and won the election with 424 votes.[6] His victory by three votes was described by the Mansfield and Ashfield Chad as "the closest Manx election result since 1929".[1] He was re-elected in the 2016 Manx general election the next year for Glenfaba's successor Glenfaba & Peel.[7] He has been Minister for Environment, Food and Agriculture since 2016.[7]

He has also been a parish commissioner in German.[1]

Personal life

Geoffrey George Boot[4] was born in Nottingham in 1953 and was educated in Sussex Coast College Hastings.[7]

He has four children with his wife Suzie,[7] and they are the owners of Sandgate Castle, a Device Fort in Sandgate, Kent.[8] which is now used by his property investment company, AMT South Eastern Ltd.[1]

He is a commercial pilot and a chief flying instructor.[7] He won the King's Cup Race three times and was a co-founder of FLYER magazine.[7] In 2016, Boot announced that he would be downsizing his commitments.[1]

He is a minor baron — Baron Boot of Waughton — whose arms were matriculated (enrolled) on 18 March 1999.[9][lower-alpha 1] Boot is related to the family associated with the Boots pharmaceutical chain.[1]

Electoral history
Manx general elections
Date of election Constituency Party Votes % of votes Result Ref
2006 Glenfaba Independent 529 41.04 Not elected [3]
2011 Glenfaba Independent 557 39.93 Not elected [4]
2015 by-election Glenfaba Independent 424 50.18 Elected [6]
2016 Glenfaba & Peel Independent 1,805 34.4 Elected [10]
UK local elections
Date of election Constituency Party Votes % of votes Result Ref
2003 Shepway District Council election Folkestone Cheriton Conservative 216 15.5 Not elected [11]
2007 Shepway District Council election Folkestone Cheriton Conservative 433 28.8 Not elected [2]

Notes
  1. In Scotland feudal minor baronies may be transferred by purchase: The Scotsman 22 November 2006 "Buy yourself a title and swap the Mr for Baron"

References
  1. "Colourful Past of new MKH Baron Boot", Chad, archived from the original on 19 November 2015, retrieved 19 November 2015
  2. Local Election Results 2007 - Shepway, Local Elections Archive Project
  3. 2006 election results
  4. House of Keys 2011 General Election Results, Isle of Man Government
  5. "Isle of Man by-elections: Six to stand in Peel and Glenfaba - BBC News". Bbc.com. Retrieved 2020-02-09.
  6. https://www.manxradio.com/election-2015/glenfaba-2015-folder/glenfaba-results-2015-folder/results-glenfaba-2015-sec/
  7. Profile at Tynwald website
  8. "Burglar Fails to Break into Geoffrey Boot's Sandgate Castle Home", Dover Express, archived from the original on 19 November 2015, retrieved 19 November 2015
  9. "Court of the Lord Lyon". Edinburgh Gazette (24861): 1734. 15 August 2000.
  10. House of Keys 2016 General Election Constituency Results, Isle of Man Government
  11. Local Election Results 2003 - Shepway, Local Elections Archive Project
  • Airprox in UK airspace involving General Aviation accidents Book No 15 (editor and member of Airprox Board).
  • Royal Aero Club Newsletter winter 2005/06.
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