John David Sykes (born 24 August 1956) was a British Conservative politician.

Parliamentary career

Sykes contested

Sheffield Hillsborough Sheffield Hillsborough was a County constituency, Parliamentary constituency in the Sheffield, City of Sheffield. It was considered a safe Labour Party (UK), Labour seat and was represented by Helen Jackson (politician), Helen Jackson from 1992 ...

at the 1987 general election, being beaten into third place. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Scarborough from

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to 1997. Following boundary changes at the 1997 general election, Sykes contested the redrawn seat of

Scarborough and Whitby Scarborough and Whitby is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2005 by Robert Goodwill, a Conservative. History The constituency name has had two separate periods of existence. ;1918–1974 A Scarborou ...

, but lost to the

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candidate,

Lawrie Quinn Lawrence William Quinn (born 25 December 1956) is a British Labour Party politician, railway engineer and from 1997 to 2005 he was the Member of Parliament for Scarborough and Whitby. Early life and education Quinn was born in Harraby, a subu ...

, by 5,124 votes. He re-fought the seat in

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, but was again beaten by Quinn.

References

*''Times Guide to the House of Commons'', Times Newspapers Limited, 1997

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sykes, John 1956 births Living people Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1992–1997