His first appearance was as a mere supporting character. The 25-year-old found his picture splashed across newspapers in the election – inadvertently standing next to William Hague, as the former Tory leader's fashion sense was pilloried.
Now Christopher Myers finds himself the subject of lurid allegations regarding his relationship with Hague in the campaign, which a source described yesterday as "very friendly, not like that you'd expect of a politician's".
Myers, like Hague, comes from Yorkshire. He went to the £10,000-a-year Yarm school in Stockton-on-Tees. He studied history at Durham, where he was not noted for any activity in the university's Conservative organisation. He has since studied law but as yet cannot practice, turning down a necessary two-year training contract to join the campaign trail. The source said Myers was "always with" Hague travelling from Yorkshire constituency to constituency. "William isn't a politician who needs to be managed when on campaign, he knows the drill," said the source, who was present at party events in and around Hague's Richmond constituency.
"It often seemed as though Myers was there for the ride rather than any other purpose."