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{{Infobox MP
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| name = Aidan Burley
| honorific-suffix = [[Member of Parliament|MP]]
| image =Aidan_Burley_campaign_photograph_2010.jpg
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| office2 = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] <br> for [[Cannock Chase (UK Parliament constituency)|Cannock Chase]]
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| majority2 = 3,195 (7.0%)
| predecessor2 = [[Tony Wright (Cannock Chase MP)|Tony Wright]]
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| term_start2 = 6 May 2010
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1979|01|22|df=yes}}<ref>{{cite web|url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/democracylive/hi/representatives/profiles/72840.stm
|title=Aidan Burley MP
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| birth_place = [[Auckland]], [[Auckland Region|Auckland]], [[New Zealand]]
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| party = [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
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| alma_mater = [[St John's College, Oxford|St John's College]], [[University of Oxford|Oxford]]
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| website = [http://www.aidanburleymp.org/ aidanburleymp.org]
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'''Aidan Burley'''<ref name="List of Members returned to serve in Parliament at the General Election 2010">{{cite web
| title = List of Members returned to serve in Parliament at the General Election 2010
| url = http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/59418/notices/1118281/from=2010-05-06;to=2010-05-19;all=returned+westminster/
| publisher = ''London Gazette''
| date = 13 May 2010
| accessdate = 20 May 2010}}</ref> (born 22 January 1979) is a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] politician. He was elected [[Member of Parliament]] for [[Cannock Chase (UK Parliament constituency)|Cannock Chase]] in [[United Kingdom general election, 2010|2010]].

==Early life==
Burley was born in [[Auckland]], [[New Zealand]], to British parents, but moved to the United Kingdom a few months later.<ref name="Aidan Burley">{{cite web
| title = Aidan Burley
| url = http://ukpolitics.telegraph.co.uk/Cannock+Chase/Aidan+Burley
| publisher = ''The Daily Telegraph''
| accessdate = 9 May 2010}}</ref> He was educated at West House School, [[Birmingham]], [[King Edward's School, Birmingham|King Edward's School]], [[Edgbaston]] and studied [[theology]] at [[St John's College, Oxford|St John's College]], [[University of Oxford|Oxford]].<ref name="Aidan Burley"/><ref name=mail-20111219 /> He was an officer of [[Oxford University Conservative Association]]. He stood as a Conservative in 1997 in his school mock election.<ref name=about-aidan>{{cite web |url=http://aidanburleymp.org/about-aidan/aidan%27s-story |title=About Aidan |publisher=Aidan Burley |accessdate=20 December 2011}}</ref> He went on to work with the [[Home Office]] and the [[National Health Service]]{{citation needed|date=December 2011}} as a management consultant for [[Accenture]] and Hedra/[[Mouchel]], and also worked for [[Philip Hammond]] and [[Nick Herbert]] when they were [[shadow minister]]s. He was also a Conservative Councillor in [[Hammersmith and Fulham]].<ref name=mail-20111219 /><ref name=about-aidan />

==Parliamentary career==
Burley was elected to the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]] as [[Member of Parliament]] for [[Cannock Chase (UK Parliament constituency)|Cannock Chase]] in the [[United Kingdom general election, 2010|2010 general election]] with a majority of 3,195.<ref name="Cannock Chase">{{cite web
| title = Cannock Chase
| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/election2010/results/constituency/a89.stm
| publisher = BBC News
| accessdate = 9 May 2010| archiveurl= http://web.archive.org/web/20100423015153/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/election2010/results/constituency/a89.stm| archivedate= 23 April 2010 <!--DASHBot-->| deadurl= no}}</ref>

Burley was a member of the [[Home Affairs Select Committee]] from 2010 to 2011. Between 12 January 2011 and 17 December 2011 he was Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) to the [[Secretary of State for Transport]], first [[Philip Hammond]] and later [[Justine Greening]].<ref>[http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/aidan-burley/72840 Aidan Burley], Parliament.uk</ref>

==Nazi controversy==
On 11 December 2011 it was reported by ''[[The Mail on Sunday]]'' that he had attended a [[stag party]] at the French ski resort of [[Val Thorens]] which involved [[Nazi]] salutes and a toast "to Tom for organising the stag do, and if we’re perfectly honest, to the ideology and thought process of the [[Third Reich]]".<ref name="Nazi Controversy">{{cite news
| title = Tory MP pays bill as Oxford-educated louts toasted Third Reich and chanted 'Hitler, Hitler, Hitler'
| url = http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2072639/Tory-MP-pays-Oxford-educated-louts-toasted-Third-Reich-chanted-Hitler-Hitler-Hitler.html
| author = Matt Sandy
| newspaper = Mail on Sunday
| date = 11 December 2011
| accessdate = 11 December 2011}}</ref>

Burley subsequently released a statement through the [[Conservative Campaign Headquarters]], saying: "There was clearly inappropriate behaviour by some of the other guests and I deeply regret that this happened. I am extremely sorry for any offence that will undoubtedly have been caused."<ref name=bbc-20111211>{{cite news|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-stoke-staffordshire-16130936|title=MP Aidan Burley sorry for guests' stag party behaviour|publisher=BBC News|date=11 December 2011|accessdate=11 December 2011}}</ref>

On 17 December 2011 the Prime Minister, [[David Cameron]], sacked Burley from his role as PPS after new claims emerged that it was he who had hired the Nazi costume.<ref name=mail-20111219>{{cite news |url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2075649/David-Cameron-sacks-MP-Aidan-Burley-links-Hitler-stag-party.html |title=Cameron sacks 'foolish' MP who joined 'Hitler, Hitler, Hitler' stag party...as it is revealed that he was the one who hired groom's Nazi uniform |author=Glen Owen and George Arbuthnott |publisher=Mail on Sunday |date=18 December 2011 |accessdate=20 December 2011}}</ref> Previously, he had sought to blame 'other guests' for the worst of the behaviour.<ref name=bbc-20111211 /> On December 22, French prosecuting authorities announced they had started a preliminary inquiry into the event.<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-stoke-staffordshire-16299035 Aidan Burley Nazi stag photos: French police inquiry] (BBC News, 2012-12-22)</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.aidanburleymp.org/ Aidan Burley MP] ''official website''
*[http://www.conservatives.com/People/Members_of_Parliament/Burley_Aidan.aspx Aidan Burley MP] Conservative Party profile
*[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201011/cmhansrd/cmallfiles/mps/commons_hansard_5528_home.html Commons Hansard contributions 2010-11]
*[http://yourdemocracy.newstatesman.com/profile/aidan-burley Aidan Burley profile] at [[New Statesman]] Your democracy
*{{MPLinksUK | hansard = | guardian = 11999/aidan-burley | publicwhip = Aidan_Burley | theywork = aidan_burley | record = Aidan-Burley/Cannock-Chase/794 | bbc = 72840.stm | journalisted = }}
*[http://www.youtube.com/user/aidanburley Official channel] at [[YouTube]]

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