Sir Michael Jon Neubert (3 September 1933 – 3 January 2014) was
Conservative
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MP for
Romford
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from 1974 until 1997. His loss in the landslide
1997 general election was considered something of a surprise.
He was educated at
Bromley Grammar School and
Downing College, Cambridge and worked as a travel and industrial
consultant. He was a local councillor and alderman in
Bromley
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Originally part of Kent, Bromley became a market town, c ...
1960–1974 being council leader for a time and
Mayor
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of Bromley in 1972.
He contested the parliamentary seat of
Hammersmith North in 1966, and Romford in 1970, before being elected in February 1974. From 1983 he held several junior government posts, and was Under-Secretary of State for Defence Procurement at the
Ministry of Defence 1989–1990.
In April 1990 he visited
Gruinard Island
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gd, Eilean Ghruinneard) is a small, oval-shaped Scottish island approximately long by wide, located in Gruinard Bay, about halfway between Gairloch and Ullapool. At its closest point to the mainland, it is about offshore. ...
to declare the island safe after World War II Anthrax experiments.
Personal life
He and his wife, Sally, had one son. He died, aged 80, on 3 January 2014 at
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England.
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1933 births
2014 deaths
Knights Bachelor
Alumni of Downing College, Cambridge
Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
Councillors in Greater London
Councillors in the London Borough of Bromley
UK MPs 1974
UK MPs 1974–1979
UK MPs 1979–1983
UK MPs 1983–1987
UK MPs 1987–1992
UK MPs 1992–1997
Politicians awarded knighthoods