About Owen Meredith

Owen Meredith is currently studying Marketing and Politics at Keele University. He moved to Newcastle-under-Lyme in 2004, buying his first home in the village of Silverdale.

Owen grew up in a the small village of Rudry in South Wales where his family have lived for over 30 years.

At Keele, Owen has made a name in student politics as a straight talker, and as someone who is not afraid to question the establishment.

A long time Conservative, Owen has dedicated much of his life since 1997 to the Conservative Party, and returning the party to government in the UK.

He holds elected office within the Conservative Party as Area Chairman for Staffordshire Conservative Future, sitting on the Area Management Executive, to which he was elected in September 2005. In March, Owen has finished  a one year term as Deputy Chairman (membership) of Newcastle-u-Lyme Conservative Association.

In May, Owen completed a 2 year term as Chairman of Newcastle-under-Lyme & Keele University Conservative Future, during which the branch grew it membership five-fold, stabilised its financial position and secured its place as the largest and most prominent political party at Keele University.

Owen has announced was successfully elected to the Conservative Future National Management Executive in March 2008.

Owen has played an influential role in key elections since he became a Party member, managing the election campaign for Caerphilly local elections and the European Elections in the Caerphilly constituency in June 2004. He has since been involved in elections in Newcastle-under-Lyme, where he helped manage the Parliamentary campaign for Jeremy Lefroy in May 2005, which was combined with Staffordshire County Council elections. In these 3 of the target candidates were elected where Owen was working.

In the May 2006 local elections for Newcastle Borough Council, Owen was the agent for many candidates, one of whom polled a 1400% increase in the Conservative vote. Two of the candidates in non-target wards came extremely close to unseating the sitting councillor, massively reducing previously sizeable opposition majorities.

In May 2007, Owen stood as the Conservative candidate for the Keele ward on Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council. Owen's high profile campaign attracted great interest in the local media, and among residents and students. Owen successfully defended the Conservatives position in the ward, despite massively increased campaigning from all other parties.

Owen is a passionate believer in a representative parliament, which gives voice to the whole of the UK, his ambitions would see him standing for election to the UK parliament within 10 years.