Richard Holt (MP for Langbaurgh)
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James Richard Holt (2 August 1931 – 20 September 1991) was a British politician and Conservative Member of Parliament.
Political career[]
Holt first stood for Parliament, unsuccessfully, at Brent South in the February 1974 General Election.
He was elected for Langbaurgh at the 1983 election and was re-elected in 1987. In 1989 he was one of the Tory members who stated doubts about the proposed Community Charge[citation needed] . He died suddenly in his sleep, aged 60, in 1991. His successor in the resulting by-election was Labour's Ashok Kumar. However, at the 1992 general election the seat was regained by the Conservative Michael Bates.
References[]
- The Times Guide to the House of Commons, Times Newspapers Ltd, 1987 & 1992
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
Categories:
- 1931 births
- 1991 deaths
- Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
- UK MPs 1983–1987
- UK MPs 1987–1992
- Conservative MP for England stubs
- Conservative MP (UK), 1930s birth stubs