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    Bernard Richard Braine, Baron Braine of Wheatley, PC (24 June 1914 – 5 January 2000) was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. He was...
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  • Braine is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Bernard Braine (1914–2000), British politician Daniel L. Braine (1829–1898), American naval...
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    made a serious mistake by not calling an election in the autumn of 1978. Bernard Donoughue, a senior official in his government, depicts Callaghan as a...
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    intimate thing Heath had done was to put his arm around her shoulder. Bernard Levin wrote at the time in The Observer that the UK had to wait until the...
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    Election Member Party 1983 Sir Bernard Braine Conservative 1992 Bob Spink Conservative 1997 Christine Butler Labour 2001 Bob Spink Conservative April 2008...
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  • Sir Richard Bernard Frank Stewart Body (18 May 1927 – 26 February 2018) was an English politician. He was Conservative Member of Parliament for Billericay...
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    Election Member Party 1950 Bernard Braine Conservative 1955 Richard Body Conservative 1959 Edward Gardner Conservative 1966 Eric Moonman Labour 1970 Robert...
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    the House of Commons included Edward Heath, Horace King, Fred Mulley, Bernard Braine, Harry Hylton-Foster, Iain Macleod, Gerald Nabarro, Reginald Maudling...
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  • Rebecca Harris In office 9 April 1992 – 8 April 1997 Preceded by Sir Bernard Braine Succeeded by Christine Butler Personal details Born (1948-08-01) 1 August...
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    Thompson Under-Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations jointly with Bernard Braine 1961–1962 John Tilney 1962 1960–1962 Succeeded by John Tilney Preceded by...
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    1959   The Duke of Devonshire 28 October 1960 – 6 September 1962   Bernard Braine 8 February 1961 – 16 July 1962   John Tilney 16 July 1962 – 16 October...
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    Cardiff South East (1950–83) Cardiff South and Penarth (1983–87) Sir Bernard Braine 1950 1987 1992 Conservative Billericay (1950–55) South East Essex (1955–83)...
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  • retained a loyal set of defenders consisting of the Conservative MP Bernard Braine, the philosopher Roger Scruton, the journalist Chapman Pincher, the...
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    stop hazardous industrial developments. The local Member of Parliament Bernard Braine spoke in Parliament in 1974 about the dangers of the agglomeration of...
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    1979). Commons Sitting – Bomb incidents. Retrieved 18 June 2008. Sir Bernard Braine. (27 March 1979). Commons Sitting – Liquified gas storage (Canvey Island)...
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  • The single vote against Brown's motion was cast by Conservative MP Bernard Braine; Labour MPs Bob Cryer and Phillip Whitehead acted as Tellers for the...
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  • (1997–2005) Ben Bradshaw (1997–present) Graham Brady (1997–present) Bernard Braine (1950–1992) Tom Brake (1997–present) Ashley Bramall (1946–1950) Gyles...
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  • Ullin Place, philosopher and psychologist (born 1924) 5 January Bernard Braine, Baron Braine of Wheatley, politician (born 1914) Hopper Read, former cricketer...
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  • question relating to the incident was asked in the House of Commons by Sir Bernard Braine but, despite a statement by Home Office Minister Brynmor John that there...
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  • Bottomley (Worthing West) Colin Campbell Mitchell (West Aberdeenshire) Bernard Braine (Castle Point) James Molyneaux (Lagan Valley) John Taylor (Strangford)...
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    Tim Bowler, children's author Kevin Bowyer, concert organist Bernard Braine, Baron Braine of Wheatley (1915-2000), politician, died in Southend. Rosina...
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    Election Member Party 1955 constituency re-established 1955 Bernard Braine Conservative 1983 constituency abolished...
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  • Conservative Robert McCrindle 9,387 Con hold Castle Point Conservative Bernard Braine 15,417 Con hold Chelmsford Conservative Norman St John-Stevas 378 Con...
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    director, Royal Free Hospital child trauma clinic Rabbi Lionel Blue Bernard Braine, Baron Braine of Wheatley, former Conservative MP Ashleigh Brilliant, writer...
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    Conservative Esher Carol Mather Conservative Essex, South East Sir Bernard Braine Conservative Eton and Slough Joan Lestor Labour Exeter John Hannam Conservative...
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  • Hornsby-Smith 20 October 1960 28 October 1960 Patricia Hornsby-Smith and Bernard Braine 28 October 1960 8 February 1961 Patricia Hornsby-Smith and Richard Sharples...
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  • Sir John Balcombe (1925–2000) Sir Frederic Bennett (1918–2002) Sir Bernard Braine (1914–2000) James Fitz-Allen Mitchell (1931–2021) Barney Hayhoe (1925–2013)...
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  • Conservative Esher Carol Mather Conservative Essex, South East Sir Bernard Braine Conservative Eton and Slough Joan Lestor Labour Exeter John Hannam Conservative...
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    At 1:33 in the morning, with few MPs present, Conservative member Bernard Braine cast the lone vote, opposing the motion. The motion was declared not...
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  • (2010–present) Sir Graham Brady; MP for Altrincham and Sale West (1997–2024) Sir Bernard Braine; MP for Billericay (1950–1955), South East Essex (1955–1983) and Castle...
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