Parliamentary Career
He contested Islington South and Finsbury in 1979.
Waterson was the Shadow Minister for Pensions and Conservative Spokesman for Older People and is a patron of many local charities including President of the Eastbourne Constitutional Club and Vice President for Age Concern - Eastbourne. In the Conservative leadership contest in 2005 he backed Ken Clarke to be the next leader before Clarke lost in a preliminary round.
Waterson lost his seat to the Liberal Democrat Stephen Lloyd in the 2010 general election. Following the election Waterson announced he intended to sue Stephen Lloyd for libel regarding claims in a general election campaign leaflet.
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