David Mitchell (politician)
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| Minister of State for Transport | |
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| Prime Minister | Margaret Thatcher |
| Preceded by | Lynda Chalker |
| Succeeded by | Michael Portillo |
| Member of Parliament for North West Hampshire | |
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| Preceded by | New constituency |
| Succeeded by | Sir George Young, Bt |
| Member of Parliament for Basingstoke | |
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| Preceded by | Denzil Freeth |
| Succeeded by | Andrew Hunter |
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| Party | Conservative |
| Relatives | Sir Andrew Mitchell (son) |
| Occupation | politician and junior minister |
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Sir David Bower Mitchell (20 June 1928 – 30 August 2014) was a British Conservative politician who was a Member of Parliament for over 30 years, and who served as a junior minister in Margaret Thatcher's government.[1][2]
Early life
Mitchell was born in the Amersham Rural District in Buckinghamshire, and educated at Aldenham School, Hertfordshire, before becoming a wine shipper and merchant.
Political career
Mitchell served as a councillor on St Pancras Borough Council from 1956 to 1959. He contested St Pancras North in 1959. He was the Member of Parliament for Basingstoke from 1964 to 1983, and for North West Hampshire from 1983 until he retired in 1997. In 1970, he was appointed parliamentary private secretary to Keith Joseph, Secretary of State for Social Services in the Heath ministry.
Mitchell served in the Thatcher ministry as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Industry, 1979–1981, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Northern Ireland Office, 1981–1983, and then Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, 9 June 1983 – 9 January 1986, and Minister of State, 9 January 1986 – 25 July 1988, at the Department of Transport.[3] He was knighted in 1988 upon his resignation from government.[4]
Family
Mitchell's son Sir Andrew Mitchell is the Member of Parliament for Sutton Coldfield, and served as a minister in the governments of John Major, David Cameron and Rishi Sunak.
Publications
In 2008, Mitchell published an autobiography entitled "From House to House, The Endless Adventures of Politics & Wine" with The Memoir Club, Template:ISBN.[5]
References
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Sir David Mitchell dead: Former Conservative MP and minister dies aged 86 - Home News - UK - The Independent". www.independent.co.uk. 30 August 2014. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Wood, Alan H. (11 June 1992). "Times" Guide to the House of Commons 1992. London: Times Books. ISBN 9780723004974.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Ministerial membership of DoT 1970-2009". Maps, Statistics, Governments and Politics. Archived from the original on 14 July 2018. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.[Script error: No such module "London Gazette util". "No. 51558"]. The London Gazette (Script error: No such module "London Gazette util".). 13 December 1988. p. Script error: No such module "London Gazette util"..
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