Iain MacDonald Sproat (8 November 1938 – 29 September 2011) was a British Conservative Member of Parliament (MP). He was educated at Winchester College...
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played as a goalkeeper Iain Sproat (born 1938), retired British Conservative politician and former Member of Parliament Matt Sproat, award-winning Hawaiian...
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Parliament for Harwich In office 1 May 1997 – 11 April 2005 Preceded by Iain Sproat Succeeded by Douglas Carswell Tendring District Councillor for Harwich...
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office 20 July 1994 – 6 July 1995 Prime Minister John Major Preceded by Iain Sproat Succeeded by The Lord Inglewood Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State...
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served as a front-bench spokesman during the leaderships of William Hague and Iain Duncan Smith. In 2001, he was the shadow minister for Science and Energy...
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zoos and the exotic pet trade. The Wit and Wisdom of Tony Banks, edited by Iain Dale, was published in 1998. His death on 8 January 2006 was referenced in...
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Tweedsmuir Unionist 1965 Conservative 1966 Donald Dewar Labour 1970 Iain Sproat Conservative 1983 Gerry Malone Conservative 1987 Frank Doran Labour 1992...
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appointed. Dewar lost his constituency seat to the Conservative candidate Iain Sproat at the 1970 general election by over 1,000 votes. Dewar spent much of...
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he contested Aberdeen South, but lost to the Conservative incumbent Iain Sproat by 772 votes. He served as Member of Parliament for Greenock and Port...
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1992 Conservative Major I Robert Key 1992 1993 Conservative Major II Iain Sproat 1993 1997 Conservative Tony Banks 1997 1999 Labour Blair I Kate Hoey...
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by-election Julian Ridsdale National Liberal 1968 Conservative 1992 Iain Sproat Conservative 1997 Ivan Henderson Labour 2005 Douglas Carswell Conservative...
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an MP. Robathan was John Redwood's Parliamentary Private Secretary to Iain Sproat, Minister for Sport, in the Major administration before returning to...
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or by-election Defeated by Party Labour Donald Dewar Aberdeen South Iain Sproat Conservative Edwin Brooks Bebington Eric Cockeram Conservative Brian...
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of items are given away as presents within the Commonwealth. In 1995, Iain Sproat, then Secretary of State for National Heritage, told the House of Commons...
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patent during their lifetime under the Great Seal or Privy Seal. In 1995, Iain Sproat, then Secretary of State for National Heritage, confirmed that the disposal...
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Banffshire (contested Orkney and Shetland) 1979 Jim Wallace Liberal Iain Sproat Aberdeen South (contested Roxburgh and Berwickshire) 1970 Archy Kirkwood...
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sides of the family. In the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Iain Sproat counts twenty aunts and considers that they played an important part...
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Labour Party Robert Hughes Harrow West 1987 Gareth Thomas Labour Party Iain Sproat Harwich Minister for Sport (1993-1997) 1992 Ivan Henderson Labour Party...
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– 5 March 1982 The Lord Trefgarne 5 January 1981 – 15 September 1981 Iain Sproat 15 September 1981 – 12 June 1983 Minister of Transport Norman Fowler...
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5 March 1982 The Lord Trefgarne 5 January 1981 – 15 September 1981 Iain Sproat 15 September 1981 – 12 June 1983 Secretary of State for Trade and Industry...
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at the 1992 general election, and was succeeded by the Conservative Iain Sproat. After supporting Prime Minister Anthony Eden during the 1956 invasion...
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Labour Co-operative Aberdeen, North Robert Hughes Labour Aberdeen, South Iain Sproat Conservative Aberdeenshire East Douglas Henderson Scottish National Party...
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Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Gregor Mackenzie 18,943 52.60 +4.67 Unionist Iain Sproat 15,413 42.80 −9.27 SNP Robert N Armstrong 1,657 4.60 New Majority 3,530...
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Labour Co-operative Aberdeen, North Robert Hughes Labour Aberdeen, South Iain Sproat Conservative Aberdeenshire East Douglas Henderson Scottish National Party...
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Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher Preceded by Norman Tebbit Succeeded by Iain Sproat Lord-in-waiting Government Whip In office 9 May 1979 – 5 January 1981...
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Parliament for Aberdeen South In office 9 June 1983 – 18 May 1987 Preceded by Iain Sproat Succeeded by Frank Doran Personal details Born (1950-07-21) 21 July 1950...
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Parliament was dissolved preparatory to the 1997 general election: Meriden: Iain Mills (Con) died 13 January 1997 Don Valley: Martin Redmond (Lab) died 16...
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National Heritage Iain Sproat 6 July 1995 Under-Secretary of State, National Heritage Robert Key 14 April 1992 – 27 May 1993 Iain Sproat 27 May 1993 –...
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Labour Co-operative Aberdeen, North Robert Hughes Labour Aberdeen, South Iain Sproat Conservative Aberdeenshire, East Albert McQuarrie Conservative Aberdeenshire...
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Spring; MP for Bury St Edmunds (1992–1997) and West Suffolk (1997–2010) Iain Sproat Alexander Sprot Robin Squire Nick St Aubyn; MP for Guildford (1997–2001)...
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