UK Elections Info

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Richard Luce

Born: 14 October 1936

Baron Luce - 2 October 2000

Knighted - 19 March 1991

Member of Privy Council - 14 January 1986

husband of Rose Helen Nicholson

son of Sir William Luce

son of Margaret Napier

Wellington College

Christ's College, Cambridge

Businessman

Under Secretary of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office	May 1979	14 September 1981
Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office	14 September 1981	5 April 1982	(Resigned)
Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office	1983	1985	(Reshuffled)
Minister of State, Privy Council Office	3 September 1985	25 July 1990	(Resigned)

18 June 1970	Hitchin	Conservative & Unionist Party	37,258	44.18
1 April 1971	Arundel & Shoreham	Conservative & Unionist Party	34,482	64.07
28 February 1974	Shoreham	Conservative & Unionist Party	28,200	51.27
10 October 1974	Shoreham	Conservative & Unionist Party	26,170	51.15
3 May 1979	Shoreham	Conservative & Unionist Party	34,339	60.92
9 June 1983	Shoreham	Conservative & Unionist Party	31,679	61.65
11 June 1987	Shoreham	Conservative & Unionist Party	33,660	60.86