Malcolm Moss MP strokes Commons boat to victory in Parliamentary Boat Race

 North East Cambs MP Malcolm Moss took up an oar after 40 years to take part in the annual charity Parliamentary Boat Race between the Lords and the Commons organised by the All Party Parliamentary Rowing Group and sponsored by Siemens. The race raised £5000 for two rowing charities

The Commons “eight” made up of 4 Conservative, 1 Labour and 3 Liberal Democrats and stroked by Malcolm Moss, rowed to victory against the Lords by two lengths over a 500m course of the Thames between Lambeth and Westminster Bridges . The crews used replicas of the gig clinker boats used in the first Oxford/Cambridge Boat Race in 1829.

Malcolm Moss MP says:

“I hadn’t rowed since my undergraduate days at Cambridge but it was great to take part and raise money for good causes. Rowing on a fast ebb tide is quite exhilarating and luckily we managed to stop before shooting Westminster Bridge and causing mayhem with the pleasure boat traffic off Westminster Pier.”