James Cyril Aubrey George Dance (5 May 1907 – 16 March 1971) was a British

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politician. He was educated at

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and was in the

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during World War II. He was an insurance underwriter for Lloyd's of London. Dance was elected as

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for

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at the 1955 general election. He was the

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to George Ward during Ward's time as Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty and

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. Dance remained an MP until he died in office on 16 March 1971, at the age of 63. The resulting

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was won by the Labour Party's Terry Davis. Dance was married to Charlotte Strutt until her death; they had one child. He then remarried, to Anne Walker, and they had three children.

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* 1907 births 1971 deaths 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays) officers British Army personnel of World War II Insurance underwriters People educated at Eton College Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1955–1959 UK MPs 1959–1964 UK MPs 1964–1966 UK MPs 1966–1970 UK MPs 1970–1974 {{England-Conservative-UK-MP-1900s-stub