Sir Patrick Thomas Cormack (born May 18, 1939, Grimsby) is an British politician. He is Conservative Partymember of Parliament for the South Staffordshire. May 18 is the 138th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (139th in leap years). ... 1939 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Location within the British Isles. ... The Conservative Party is the largest political party on the centre-right in the United Kingdom. ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. ... Creation 1983 MP Patrick Cormack Party Conservative Type House of Commons County Staffordshire EP constituency West Midlands South Staffordshire is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ...
He was first elected to Parliament in the 1970 election, and is seen as a One Nation Tory. He was knighted in the New Year's Honours List of 1995. The United Kingdom general election of 1970 was held on June 18, 1970, and resulted in a surprise loss of power for Labour under Harold Wilson, who was replaced as Prime Minister by the Conservative leader, Edward Heath. ... The expression One Nation is used in political debate in the United Kingdom to refer to the moderate wing of the Conservative Party, who like to describe themselves as One Nation Conservatives. ...
External links
ePolitix - Sir Patrick Cormack FSA official site
Guardian Unlimited Politics - Ask Aristotle: Patrick Cormack MP
TheyWorkForYou.com - Patrick Cormack MP
The Guardian - Election begins in the seat time forgot June 2, 2005
Long-serving Conservative MP Sir PatrickCormack has failed to be readopted as a parliamentary candidate for the next general election.
Sir PatrickCormack, MP Sir Patrick said the constituency association vote had been "extremely close", with 14 of the 29 or 30 people at the meeting offering their "unswerving support".
Sir Patrick, whose parliamentary majority in 2005 was 8,847, is a former party spokesman on constitutional affairs and a former shadow deputy leader of the House of Commons.
Feeds |
Contact