Fred Silvester | |
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Member of Parliament for Manchester Withington | |
In office 28 February 1974 –18 May 1987 | |
Preceded by | Sir Robert Cary |
Succeeded by | Keith Bradley |
Member of Parliament for Walthamstow West | |
In office 21 September 1967 –29 May 1970 | |
Preceded by | Edward Redhead |
Succeeded by | Eric Deakins |
Personal details | |
Born | Frederick John Silvester 20 September 1933 |
Political party | Conservative |
Frederick John Silvester (born 20 September 1933) [1] is a retired British Conservative Party politician.
The son of William Thomas Silvester and Kathleen Gertrude (née Jones),Silvester was educated at Sir George Monoux Grammar School,Walthamstow,and Sidney Sussex College,Cambridge,where he achieved a first class in Part I of the history tripos and a lower second in Part II of the law tripos,graduating in 1954. [2] [3] [4] He was called to the bar at Gray's Inn in 1957,and became a Conservative member of Walthamstow Borough Council four years later. [4] Having contested the Walthamstow West parliamentary constituency in 1966,Silvester 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. [5] He was returned to Parliament at the February 1974 general election as MP for Manchester Withington, [6] and held that seat [7] but he was defeated at the 1987 general election by Labour's Keith Bradley. [8]
As an Opposition Whip during Harold Wilson's second government (1974–76), [4] Silvester is a major character in James Graham's play This House .
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