UK Elections Info

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Nicholas Ridley

Born: 17 February 1929

Died: 4 March 1993

Baron Ridley of Liddesdale - 28 July 1992

Member of Privy Council - 11 January 1983

son of Ursula Lutyens

husband of Clayre Campbell

Eton College

Balliol College, Oxford (- 1951)

Civil Engineer

Minister of Technology	1970	1970
Under Secretary of State for Trade and Industry	1970	1972
Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office	May 1979	14 September 1981
Financial Secretary to the Treasury	30 September 1981	18 October 1983
Secretary of State for Transport	16 October 1983	21 May 1986
Secretary of State for Environment	21 May 1986	24 July 1989
Secretary of State for Trade and Industry	24 July 1989	14 July 1990

26 May 1955	Blyth	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,429	26.88
8 October 1959	Cirencester & Tewkesbury	Conservative & Unionist Party	28,169	63.33
15 October 1964	Cirencester & Tewkesbury	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,786	51.54
31 March 1966	Cirencester & Tewkesbury	Conservative & Unionist Party	27,690	58.16
18 June 1970	Cirencester & Tewkesbury	Conservative & Unionist Party	30,217	56.02
28 February 1974	Cirencester & Tewkesbury	Conservative & Unionist Party	31,163	47.29
10 October 1974	Cirencester & Tewkesbury	Conservative & Unionist Party	28,930	46.91
3 May 1979	Cirencester & Tewkesbury	Conservative & Unionist Party	37,651	55.96
9 June 1983	Cirencester & Tewkesbury	Conservative & Unionist Party	34,282	57.16
11 June 1987	Cirencester & Tewkesbury	Conservative & Unionist Party	36,272	55.37