Douglas Charles French (born 20 March 1944) is a retired

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politician in the

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Political career

French was educated at

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, Epsom and

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. Having stood unsuccessfully for Sheffield Attercliffe in

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, he was elected to the

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at the 1987 general election as

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for

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, succeeding former minister

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. He was re-elected at the 1992 general election, but was defeated at the 1997 general election by the Labour Party candidate,

Tess Kingham Teresa Jane Kingham (born 4 May 1963) is a British Labour Party politician. She was Member of Parliament (MP) for Gloucester from 1997 to 2001. Kingham was educated at Dartford Grammar School for Girls, and gained a BA from Royal Holloway, ...

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* 1944 births Living people Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1987–1992 UK MPs 1992–1997 Alumni of St Catharine's College, Cambridge Members of Parliament for Gloucester People educated at Glyn School {{England-Conservative-UK-MP-1940s-stub