Jack Heywood Aspinwall (5 February 1933 – 19 May 2015) was a British

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politician.

Career

In the

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and October 1974 elections, Aspinwall was the

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candidate for Kingswood in the rural county of Avon, coming third in both. He changed his allegiance to the Conservatives in 1975 as "the priority was to defeat socialism" and was elected as the

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for the seat in

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, beating the

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incumbent,

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, by 303 votes. He served there for one parliament until the 1983 election, when he stood for and was elected for the new constituency of Wansdyke, which he represented for three further parliaments until his retirement at the 1997 general election.

Personal life

Born in

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, Aspinwall had two brothers, Frank and Raymond. He won a scholarship to Prescot Grammar School, but his mother died when he was 14 years old and he went into care. He joined the

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after leaving school. While stationed in

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in 1954, he met his future wife, Brenda Squires, whom he married in 1954. He and his wife had three children. Jack Aspinwall died of cancer at

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, near

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, England, on 19 May 2015, aged 82.

References

Sources

*''Times Guide to the House of Commons'', Times Newspapers Limited, 1992 edition.

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Aspinwall, Jack 1933 births 2015 deaths Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Liberal Party (UK) parliamentary candidates UK MPs 1979–1983 UK MPs 1983–1987 UK MPs 1987–1992 UK MPs 1992–1997 People from Bootle Politics of Bath and North East Somerset Deaths from cancer in England Royal Air Force airmen People educated at Prescot Grammar School