Giles Shaw

Giles Shaw

Sir John Giles Dunkerley Shaw, known as Giles Shaw, (16 November 1931 – 12 April 2000) was a British Conservative Party politician.

Shaw was educated at Sedbergh School and St. John's College, Cambridge, where he was President of the Cambridge Union 1954. He was an advertising manager and chairman of the Conservative Divisional Executive.

Shaw contested Kingston upon Hull West in 1966. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Pudsey from 1974 until he retired in 1997. He held numerous ministerial posts during the Thatcher administration, including Industry, the Home Office, Energy, Environment and Northern Ireland.

References

*"Times Guide to the House of Commons", Times Newspapers Limited, 1992 and 1997 editions.
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