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ConservativeLabourAshfieldNottinghamshirethe by-electionDavid MarquandOctober 19741979 general election1982 Beaconsfield by-electionPrime MinisterTony Blaircash-for-questions affairMohamed Al-FayedHarrods£50 notesthe subsequent general electionGordon DowneyNeil HamiltonBoyton, Cornwall
Tim Smith | |
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Member of Parliament for Beaconsfield | |
In office 27 May 1982 – 2 May 1997 | |
| Preceded by | Ronald Bell |
| Succeeded by | Dominic Grieve |
Member of Parliament for Ashfield | |
In office 28 April 1977 – 3 May 1979 | |
| Preceded by | David Marquand |
| Succeeded by | Frank Haynes |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 5 October 1947 Plympton, Devon, England, UK |
| Political party | Conservative |
Timothy John Smith (born 5 October 1947) is a British former Conservative politician.
Contents
1 Politics
2 Scandal
3 See also
4 References
Politics
In 1977, Smith was selected as Conservative candidate for the Labour seat of Ashfield in Nottinghamshire at the by-election that had been called following the resignation of David Marquand. Ashfield was regarded as a 'safe' Labour seat, but on 28 April, in an amazing result, Smith overturned Marquand's October 1974 majority of 22,915[1] to win by 264 votes[2] over Labour's Michael Cowan. However, Smith was unable to hold the seat in the 1979 general election.
He was subsequently selected to contest the 1982 Beaconsfield by-election, in which he defeated the Labour candidate, future Prime Minister Tony Blair. Smith was thereafter returned as MP by the constituency at each general election until 1997.
Scandal
During the "cash-for-questions affair" it was revealed that he had taken undeclared payments of between £18,000 and £25,000 from Mohamed Al-Fayed, the owner of Harrods, much of it allegedly handed over in envelopes stuffed with £50 notes.[3] In May 1997, at the subsequent general election, Smith stood down and left politics altogether.
On 3 July 1997, he was found guilty by Sir Gordon Downey of taking cash for questions from Al Fayed, along with Neil Hamilton. The report severely criticised the conduct of both Hamilton and Smith whilst they had been MPs, and said that had they remained MPs they would have faced a substantial suspension from the House of Commons.[4]
Smith now lives in Boyton, Cornwall.
See also
- 1977 Ashfield by-election
- 1982 Beaconsfield by-election
References
^ UK general election results, October 1974: Aberavon — Banbury at Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources
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^ Ex-minister quits over sleaze, Daily Telegraph, Thursday 27 March 1997
^ "Telegraph". The Telegraph.
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| Preceded by Sir Ronald Bell | Member of Parliament for Beaconsfield 1982–1997 | Succeeded by Dominic Grieve |
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