A former Bewdley man who organised the general election campaigns for the Conservatives in Kidderminster has died on Christmas Day at the age of 78. Brian Binley joined the Conservative Party in 1958. He was an organiser with the National Young Conservatives from 1965 to 1968 before training as a Conservative Party Agent. The former Leader of the Wyre Forest Conservatives, Stephen Clee, said: “Brian was very well known in the Wyre Forest as he served as the Conservative Association Agent in the 1970s, fighting the General Elections for the old Kidderminster Divisional Seat when we used to include villages like Astley, Shrawley and Tenbury.