John Spence
politician
- December 7, 1920
- March 4, 1986
- 65 years
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John Spence, 65, British politician, MP (since 1970).
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|John Deane Spence (7 December 1920 – 4 March 1986) was a British Conservative Party politician.
Spence was educated at Queen's University, Belfast and worked as a building and civil engineering contractor, merchant banker and farmer. In 1944, he married Hester Nicholson, and they had two children.
Spence contested Wakefield in 1964, and Sheffield Heeley in 1966. He was Member of Parliament for Sheffield Heeley from 1970 to 1974, Thirsk and Malton from 1974 to 1983, and Ryedale from 1983 until he died at York Hospital on 4 March 1986. He was a member of the Speaker's panel of chairmen.
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