Peter Bottomley

Peter James Bottomley (born 30 July 1944) is a British politician. He is Conservative Member of Parliament for Worthing West, and husband to Virginia Bottomley, the Baroness Bottomley of Nettlestone: they have a son and two daughters.

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30 July - 1944 - British - Conservative - Member of Parliament - Worthing West - Virginia Bottomley

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He studied economics at Trinity College in Cambridge University and then became a lorry driver (hence his membership of the Transport and General Workers Union) before moving on to industrial sales and industrial relations.

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Economics - Trinity College - Cambridge University - Transport and General Workers Union

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He contested and lost the West Woolwich parliamentary seat in the February and October 1974 general elections, before winning it in a by-election in 1975 and retaining it (renamed as Eltham) until the 1997 general election when he instead stood and won in Worthing West.

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West - Woolwich - By-election - Eltham - Worthing West

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Under Margaret Thatcher, he was a junior minister in the Department of Employment from 1984, moving to become Minister of Roads and Traffic at the Department of Transport in 1986, and to the Northern Ireland Office in 1989. He was dismissed in 1990, since when he has been a backbencher, described as a maverick but not a rebel.

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Margaret Thatcher - Department of Employment - 1984 - Minister of Roads and Traffic - Department of Transport - 1986 - Northern Ireland Office - 1989 - 1990

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In 2002-03 he was Master of the Worshipful Company of Drapers.

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2002 - 03 - Worshipful Company of Drapers

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