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===Atlantic rowing race 1997===
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===Atlantic rowing race 1997===
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In 1995 Byles and his mother [[Janice Meek]] rowed {{convert|3044|nmi|km|0}} from Tenerife to Barbados; it took 100 days, 18 hours and 57 minutes. In rowing across the Atlantic, the pair became the first mother and son team to row any ocean.<ref name=”oceanrowing1″>{{cite web|url=http://www.oceanrowing.com/Guinness_World_Records/September18/11a.htm |title=guinness records ocean rowing |publisher=Oceanrowing.com |date=18 September 2006 |accessdate=4 November 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928024453/http://www.oceanrowing.com/Guinness_World_Records/September18/11a.htm |archivedate=28 September 2011 |df=dmy }}</ref>
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In 1995 Byles and his mother [[Janice Meek]] rowed {{convert|3044|nmi|km|0}} from Tenerife to Barbados; it took 100 days, 18 hours and 57 minutes. In rowing across the Atlantic, the pair became the first mother and son team to row any ocean.<ref name=”oceanrowing1″>{{cite web|url=http://www.oceanrowing.com/Guinness_World_Records/September18/11a.htm |title=guinness records ocean rowing |publisher=Oceanrowing.com |date=18 September 2006 |accessdate=4 November 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928024453/http://www.oceanrowing.com/Guinness_World_Records/September18/11a.htm |archivedate=28 September 2011 |df=dmy }}</ref>
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==Political career==
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==Political career==
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In 2007, Byles stood as the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] candidate for Leicester City Council in [[Stoneygate]] ward.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.leicester.gov.uk/elections07/results/detailedresults_ward.asp?wardid=19|title= Detailed Results for Stoneygate ward|publisher= Leicester City Council|accessdate= 8 July 2010|url-status= dead|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100509064549/http://www.leicester.gov.uk/elections07/results/detailedresults_ward.asp?wardid=19|archivedate= 9 May 2010|df= dmy-all}}</ref>
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In 2007, Byles stood as the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] candidate for Leicester City Council in [[Stoneygate]] ward.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.leicester.gov.uk/elections07/results/detailedresults_ward.asp?wardid=19|title= Detailed Results for Stoneygate ward|publisher= Leicester City Council|accessdate= 8 July 2010|url-status= dead|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100509064549/http://www.leicester.gov.uk/elections07/results/detailedresults_ward.asp?wardid=19|archivedate= 9 May 2010|df= dmy-all}}</ref>
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