July 2014 Byles announced that he would not stand at the next election as "it was time to pursue new challenges." Guinness world records In 2006 Byles and his mother Janice Meek were belatedly awarded a Guinness World Record certificate for being the first mother and son team to row any ocean in 1997/8. References External links Daniel Byles’ website 1974 births Living people English explorers English male rowers Ocean rowers People educated at Warwick School Royal Army Medical Corps officers English mountain climbers Alumni of the University of Leeds Alumni of Nottingham Trent University UK MPs 2010–2015 Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Graduates of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst