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EDDISBURY '83-
Majority 15,835 over Liberal 4-way; Former Seat Northwich '74(Feb)-83; Constituency A reconstituted, large and hilly rural seat (made up of bits of old Northwich, Runcorn and Nantwich constituencies); rises above the West Cheshire plain; mostly traditional Tory villages and affluent small towns; includes the pro-Labour overspill town of Winsford;
Position Whip: Comptroller '89-, Lord Commissioner '82-84, Assistant Whip 81-82; Chairman, Conservative MPs' Northwestern Committee '87-; on Select Committees on: Televising Commons '88-, Services '89-; Chairman: British-Afghanistan Parliamentary Group '87, All-Party Refugees Group '87-; Vice-Chairman, British-Saudi-Arabian Parliamentary Group '83-; ex: Under-Secretary, Energy '84-87; Vice-Chairman: Conservative MPs' Trade Committee (Secretary '78-79) '79-81, their Northern Ireland Committee '79-81; Secretary, All-Party Heritage Group '79-81; on Select Committee on Agriculture '79-81; Vice-Chairman, British-German Democratic Republic Parliamentary Group '79-81; Treasurer, Anglo-Irish Group '79-81; Outlook Restored low-profile Centrist from Peter Walker's stable; came back to Whips' Office as No 3 in July '89 reshuffle; previously part of Walker's entourage and business empire (his wife is godmother to Walker's daughter Marianna); socially caring, Rightwing on business; anti-hanging; pro-nuclear; deceptively shrewd, internationally-experienced mainstreamer, who lost favour temporarily; a psychiatrist's son who favours better care for schizophrenics; an experienced South Asia specialist particularly interested in Afghanistan and Hongkong;
History Joined Chelsea Young Conservatives; was Personal Assistant to Peter Walker '67-69; contested Crewe June '70; was elected MP for Northwich Feb '74; named Spokesman on Agricultural Chemicals Mar '74; maintained that increased prosperity for developing countries, not birth control, would halt the population explosion Mar '74; urged help for ICL Oct '76; worried about slaughter of Europeans in Zaire '78; suggested that National Bus Company should open to tender some of its subsidized bus routes Apr '78; worried about defence cuts and whether enough paratroops had been retained to protect British lives worldwide May '78; was concerned about threat from US to UK paper and board industry Mar '79; co-sponsored Bill to liberalize licensing hours June '79; opposed restoration of capital punishment July '79; spoke up for Vietnamese refugees July '79; warned about the poor rural bus service Feb '82; was selected for Eddisbury despite intense competition including Mark (later Lord) Carlisle and Sir Nicholas Bonsor Feb '83; was promoted to Under-Secretary for Energy, under Peter Walker, with responsibility for electricity and nuclear power Sep '84; said Atomic Energy Authority was to be moved "further towards a commercial basis of operation" but not privatized Feb '85; declined to disclose CEGB plutonium figures Apr 85; announced new spent nuclear fuel reprocessing plant at Dounreay May '85; insisted that the creation of Britoil had shown the advantages of "removing the dead hand of the state from the North Sea" May '85; led
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