Jeremy Bray
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Jeremy Bray | |
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Member of Parliament for Motherwell South | |
In office 9 June 1983 – 1 May 1997 | |
Preceded by | New constituency |
Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
Member of Parliament for Motherwell and Wishaw | |
In office 10 October 1974 – 9 June 1983 | |
Preceded by | George Lawson |
Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
Member of Parliament for Middlesbrough West | |
In office 6 June 1962 – 18 June 1970 | |
Preceded by | Jocelyn Simon |
Succeeded by | John Sutcliffe |
Personal details | |
Born | Jeremy William Bray 29 June 1930 British Hong Kong |
Died | 31 May 2002 Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England | (aged 71)
Nationality | British |
Political party | Labour |
Spouse(s) | Elizabeth (m. 1953) |
Education | Eastnor Village School Ardwyn Grammar School Kingswood School |
Alma mater | Jesus College Harvard University |
Jeremy William Bray (29 June 1930 – 31 May 2002) was a British Labour politician and a Member of Parliament for 31 years.
Bray was born in British Hong Kong as the son of a Methodist missionary. He attended Eastnor Village School, Ardwyn Grammar School, Kingswood School, Bath (1942–48) and Jesus College, Cambridge and was a at Harvard University. He also worked as a research officer at the Department of Applied Economics at the University of Cambridge, working with future Nobel Laureates Professor Sir Richard Stone and Terry Barker on the Cambridge Growth Project.
Bray contested Thirsk and Malton for Labour in 1959. He was first elected MP for Middlesbrough West in a 1962 by-election, serving there until he was defeated in the 1970 general election. He was then MP for Motherwell and Wishaw from October 1974 to 1983, and for Motherwell South from 1983 until his retirement in 1997.
Bray married his wife Elizabeth in 1953 and has four daughters. He died at his home in Cambridge on 31 May 2002.[1]
References[]
- ^ "Dr Jeremy Bray MP who was committed to fight to keep Ravenscraig plant open". The Herald. 5 June 2002. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
- Times Guide to the House of Commons, Times Newspapers Limited, 1966, 1992 and 1997 editions
- Obituary of Jeremy Bray, The Guardian
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- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Jeremy Bray
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