Personal Political Allegiances
Mr MacGregor was an active member of the Thatcherite 'Conservative Way Forward' group in the 1990s though he is no longer involved in the organisation. Robbie Gibb one-time Chief of Staff for Francis Maude and brother of Nick Gibb, MP was best man at McGregor's wedding. The two were near neighbours in Pimlico in the 1990s and have been friends since MacGregor was chairman of the Federation of Conservative Students and Gibb a leader of the Conservative Students in the mid-Eighties.
In the 1983 and 1987 General Elections, MacGregor worked for Michael Forsyth who was elected in the marginal seat of Stirling in Scotland. He was Francis Maude's campaign manager in the 1992 General Election. Maude would lose his marginal North Warwickshire seat, despite winning more votes than at the election before.
Staunch supporter of Michael Portillo, MacGregor was thought to be behind the decision to install extra phone lines in a house in Lord North Street in 1995, as a possible campaign HQ for Portillo when it appeared Major was on the point of being ousted by the right.
He also ran the Conservative Mayoral campaign in 2004 to elect Steve Norris as Mayor of London – Norris eventually came a close second to Ken Livingstone.
In 2006, he supported David Handley in his bid for the leadership of the National Farmers Union.
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