Fred Silvester

Frederick John Silvester (born 20 September 1933)^[1] is a retired British Conservative Party politician.

Silvester was educated at Sir George Monoux Grammar School, Walthamstow and Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge. He became a barrister, was called to the bar by Gray's Inn in 1957, and was an advertising executive. He served as a councillor on Walthamstow Borough Council 1961-64.

Silvester contested the Walthamstow West parliamentary constituency in 1966; he was elected a Member of Parliament (MP) at the Walthamstow West by-election in 1967,^[1] but lost the seat at the 1970 general election.^[2] He was returned to Parliament at the February 1974 general election as MP for Manchester Withington,^[3] and held that seat^[4] but he was defeated at the 1987 general election by Labour's Keith Bradley.^[5]

References

1. "Historical list of MPs: constituencies beginning with "W", part 1". Leigh Rayment's House of Commons pages. Retrieved 4 January 2010.
2. "UK General Election results 1970". Richard Kimber's political science resources. Retrieved 4 January 2010.
3. "UK General Election results February 1974". Richard Kimber's political science resources. Retrieved 4 January 2010.
4. "Historical list of MPs: constituencies beginning with "W", part 4". Leigh Rayment's House of Commons pages. Retrieved 4 January 2010.
5. "UK General Election results 1987". Richard Kimber's political science resources. Retrieved 4 January 2010.

Sources

• The Times Guide to the House of Commons, Times Newspapers Ltd, 1966 & 1987

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Fred Silvester