Michael Charles Stern (born 3 August 1942) is a
British Conservative Party
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politician. Stern contested
Derby South
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at the
1979 general election before being elected as
Member of Parliament (MP) for
Bristol North West at the
1983 general election
The following elections occurred in the year 1983.
Africa
* 1983 Cameroonian parliamentary election
* 1983 Equatorial Guinean legislative election
* 1983 Kenyan general election
* 1983 Malagasy parliamentary election
* 1983 Malawian general e ...
. He represented the seat for 14 years.
In the
1992 election, he held on by the extremely narrow margin of 45 votes, but in
1997
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— unhelped by adverse boundary changes — lost the seat to
Labour
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's
Doug Naysmith by 11,382 votes.
References
*''
Times Guide to the House of Commons, 1992 and 1997 editions''
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External links
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Living people
1942 births
Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
UK MPs 1983–1987
UK MPs 1987–1992
UK MPs 1992–1997
Members of the Bow Group
People educated at Christ's College, Finchley
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