Malcolm Douglas Moss (born 6 March 1943) is a British politician of the

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who served as the

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(MP) for

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from

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until his retirement at the 2010 general election.

Early life

Born in

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, he went to Audenshaw Grammar School on Stamford Road (now

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) in Audenshaw (1954–1962), then the

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, receiving a BA in 1965 then a

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in 1967, and an MA in 1969. He taught geography at

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in Tiverton (1966–1970), being Head of Geography and Economics from 1968 to 1970. From 1971 to 1974, he worked for Barwick Associates Ltd, being an insurance consultant from 1971 to 1972 in

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, then general manager from 1972 to 1974 in Wisbech. He founded Mandrake Associates Ltd (based in

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) in 1974, being director until November 1994. The company was taken over by Hambro Countrywide in November 1986 since 1998, a Preston based company owned by Chesnara. He served as a member of the

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from 1979 to 1983, being Mayor from 1982 to 1983. From

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to 1987, he was a member of the

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, then from 1985 to 1988 of the

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Parliamentary career

He was first elected in June 1987, beating the incumbent

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. He was a junior minister under

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in the

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. From October 1997 to November 1999 he was the Shadow Minister for Northern Ireland before being appointed Shadow Minister for Agriculture until October 2001. He served as the Shadow Minister for the Local Government and the Regions until June 2002, and Transport until October 2002. From then until November 2006, he was the Shadow Minister for Culture and Media, until being succeeded by

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. From November 2006 to May 2010 he was a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee. On 6 September 2007, Moss announced his intention to stand down at the next general election. He was succeeded by

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at the May 2010 general election.

Personal life

He married Vivian Lorraine Peake on 28 December 1965, and they had two daughters. Lorraine died in 1997, and in May 2000 he married Sonya Alexandra McFarlin.

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Claiming shires would be abolished in 2001

Fenland MP Malcolm Moss will stand down
from the ''Peterborough Evening Telegraph'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Moss, Malcolm 1943 births Living people Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Members of Cambridgeshire County Council UK MPs 1987–1992 UK MPs 1992–1997 UK MPs 1997–2001 UK MPs 2001–2005 UK MPs 2005–2010 People from Audenshaw Northern Ireland Office junior ministers 20th-century British politicians 21st-century British politicians People from Wisbech

Early life

Parliamentary career

Personal life

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