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Tim Smith

Member of Parliament
for Beaconsfield

In office
27 May 1982 – 2 May 1997
Preceded byRonald Bell
Succeeded byDominic Grieve

Member of Parliament
for Ashfield

In office
28 April 1977 – 3 May 1979
Preceded byDavid Marquand
Succeeded byFrank Haynes

Personal details
Born5 October 1947
Plympton, Devon, England, UK
Political partyConservative

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




  1. ^ UK general election results, October 1974: Aberavon — Banbury at Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources


  2. ^ "1977 by-elections". Archived from the original on 25 October 2009. Retrieved 4 August 2016.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link).mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output .citation qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-maintdisplay:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em at British Parliamentary By-elections


  3. ^ Ex-minister quits over sleaze, Daily Telegraph, Thursday 27 March 1997


  4. ^ "Telegraph". The Telegraph.










Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
David Marquand

Member of Parliament for Ashfield
1977–1979
Succeeded by
Frank Haynes
Preceded by
Sir Ronald Bell

Member of Parliament for Beaconsfield
1982–1997
Succeeded by
Dominic Grieve








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