James Hill (British politician)
- James Hill (British politician)
Sir James Stanley Allen Hill (21 December, 1926—16 February, 1999) was a British Conservative politician.
Hill was twice Member of Parliament for the marginal Southampton Test seat, from 1970 to October 1974, and again from 1979 until 1997. At the end of both these terms he lost the seat to the Labour candidate, on the latter occasion to Alan Whitehead.
Hill also served as an Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 1973 to 1975.
He was knighted in 1996 while serving as MP under John Major
References
*"Times Guide to the House of Commons", Times Newspapers Limited, 1997
*"Whitaker's Almanack", The Stationery Office, 2000.
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