Ken Weetch
Kenneth Thomas Weetch (born 17 September 1933)[1] is a former Labour Party politician in England.
Early life
Weetch was educated at Newbridge Grammar School and the London School of Economics. He then qualified as a teacher and held various posts in education.
Parliamentary career
Having unsuccessfully fought Saffron Walden in 1970, he was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Ipswich at the October 1974 general election. He held the seat until the 1987 general election, when, against the national trend, he lost his seat to the Conservative Michael Irvine.
gollark: Okay, I'm now running it sandboxed.
gollark: (note: dependent on reference frame)
gollark: My hosting has an uptime of more than 50%!
gollark: I may need to turn off the `git pull` thing or figure out how to heavily sandbox services in systemd.
gollark: So they both run as the AutoBotRobot account, but Esobot and AutoBotRobot are still separate... codebases.
References
- "Historical list of MPs: constituencies beginning with "I"". Leigh Rayment's House of Commons pages. Archived from the original on 25 December 2010. Retrieved 11 January 2010.
- The Times Guide to the House of Commons, Times Newspapers Ltd, 1987
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Kenneth Weetch
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Ernle Money |
Member of Parliament for Ipswich October 1974–1987 |
Succeeded by Michael Irvine |
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.