UK Elections Info

Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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Born: 18 May 1928

Died: 17 April 1977

Knighted - 1976

Marlborough College

Trinity College, Cambridge

University of Zurich

Under Secretary of State for War	October 1963	April 1964
Under Secretary of State for Defence for the Army	April 1964	October 1964
Under Secretary of State for Defence for Royal Navy	June 1970	November 1972

26 May 1955	Gravesend	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,058	46.22
8 October 1959	Gravesend	Conservative & Unionist Party	27,124	52.08
15 October 1964	Gravesend	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,326	44.11
23 March 1965	Saffron Walden	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,851	48.54
31 March 1966	Saffron Walden	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,441	47.42
18 June 1970	Saffron Walden	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,549	52.92
28 February 1974	Saffron Walden	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,013	44.58
10 October 1974	Saffron Walden	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,291	43.71
17 April 1977 Death of Sir Peter Kirk.