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Fred Silvester
Member of Parliament
for Manchester Withington
In office
28 February 1974 – 18 May 1987
Preceded bySir Robert Cary
Succeeded byKeith Bradley
Member of Parliament
for Walthamstow West
In office
21 September 1967 – 29 May 1970
Preceded byEdward Redhead
Succeeded byEric Deakins
Personal details
Born
Frederick John Silvester

(1933-09-20) 20 September 1933 (age 91)
Political partyConservative

Frederick John Silvester (born 20 September 1933)[1] is a retired British Conservative Party politician.

Silvester contested the Walthamstow West parliamentary constituency in 1966; he was elected a Member of Parliament (MP) at the Walthamstow West by-election in 1967,[1] but lost the seat at the 1970 general election.[2] He was returned to Parliament at the February 1974 general election as MP for Manchester Withington,[3] and held that seat[4] but he was defeated at the 1987 general election by Labour's Keith Bradley.[5]

Silvester is a major character in the play This House which depicts the 1974-79 UK Parliaments.

References

  1. ^ a b "Historical list of MPs: constituencies beginning with "W", part 1". Leigh Rayment's House of Commons pages. Archived from the original on 31 December 2010. Retrieved 4 January 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ "UK General Election results 1970". Richard Kimber's political science resources. Archived from the original on 16 June 2015. Retrieved 4 January 2010.
  3. ^ "UK General Election results February 1974". Richard Kimber's political science resources. Archived from the original on 27 January 2015. Retrieved 4 January 2010.
  4. ^ "Historical list of MPs: constituencies beginning with "W", part 4". Leigh Rayment's House of Commons pages. Archived from the original on 10 August 2009. Retrieved 4 January 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  5. ^ "UK General Election results 1987". Richard Kimber's political science resources. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 4 January 2010.

Sources

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Walthamstow West
19671970
Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Manchester Withington
Feb 19741987
Succeeded by