Malcolm Thornton
| Sir Malcolm Thornton | |
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| 4th Pro-Chancellor of Liverpool John Moores University | |
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Assumed office 2007 | |
| Preceded by | Cdre. Rod Walker DL |
| Member of Parliament for Crosby | |
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In office 1983–1997 | |
| Preceded by | Shirley Williams |
| Succeeded by | Claire Curtis-Thomas |
| Member of Parliament for Liverpool Garston | |
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In office 1979–1983 | |
| Preceded by | Eddie Loyden |
| Succeeded by | Eddie Loyden |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 4 March 1939 |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Rosemary, Lady Thornton |
Sir George Malcolm Thornton, FRSA (born 3 April 1939), known as Malcolm Thornton, is a British Conservative politician.
Education
He was educated at Wallasey Grammar School and later attended Liverpool Nautical College.[1]
Political career
Thornton was first elected to Parliament in the 1979 general election, winning the marginal seat of Liverpool Garston from Labour's Eddie Loyden. In the early 1980s, however, all seats were re-organised with the new boundaries set to come in at the next election. Liverpool Garston would lean strongly towards Labour, so Thornton sought a safer seat in Crosby, just outside Liverpool. However, following the death of Sir Graham Page in 1981, Shirley Williams, a former Labour Cabinet minister who had founded the centrist SDP a few months earlier, won the seat. That by-election had been held at the zenith of Margaret Thatcher's unpopularity; however, after that the economy returned to growth and Britain won the Falklands War, so Thatcher called an election in 1983 which was a Tory landslide. Thornton regained the seat, while Eddie Loyden won a redrawn Garston for Labour. However, by 1997, the Conservatives were deeply unpopular and Thornton lost, by a surprisingly wide margin to Labour's Claire Curtis-Tansley.
In 2007, Sir Malcolm Thornton became the 4th and current Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the Board of Governors for Liverpool John Moores University.[2]
References
- Times Guide to the House of Commons 1997
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Malcolm Thornton
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by Eddie Loyden |
Member of Parliament for Liverpool Garston 1979 – 1983 |
Succeeded by Eddie Loyden |
| Preceded by Shirley Williams |
Member of Parliament for Crosby 1983 – 1997 |
Succeeded by Claire Curtis-Thomas |
| Academic offices | ||
| Preceded by Cdre. Rod Walker |
Pro-Chancellor of Liverpool John Moores University 2007 |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
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