Michael Morris, Baron Naseby

For other people of the same name, see Michael Morris (disambiguation).

Michael Wolfgang Laurence Morris, Baron Naseby, PC (born 25 November 1936) is a British Conservative Party politician.

Born in London, he was first elected to the House of Commons in the February 1974 general election for Northampton South.^[1] His majority was just 179 votes in February 1974, and 141 in October 1974. In 1983 boundary changes turned it into a safe Conservative seat. He was unexpectedly defeated (by just 744 votes) in the 1997 general election,^[2][3] when the Labour Party under Tony Blair won a landslide victory.

From 1992, Morris held the non-voting position of Chairman of Ways and Means and Deputy Speaker, and after the election he accepted a life peerage as Baron Naseby, of Sandy in the County of Bedfordshire on 28 October 1997.^[4]

References

1. ^ "Patrons". Naseby Battlefield Project. http://www.naseby.com/theproject/resources/patrons.html. Retrieved 28 January 2010. 
2. ^ "Northampton South". London: The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/constituency/1193/northampton-south. Retrieved 28 January 2010. 
3. ^ Bennetto, Jason; Russell, Ben (18 November 2005). "Two charged over leak of Blair-Bush conversation on conflict". London: The Independent. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/politics/two-charged-over-leak-of-blairbush-conversation-on-conflict-515823.html. Retrieved 28 January 2010. 
4. ^ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 54851. p. 8910. 1 August 1997. London Gazette: no. 54936. p. 1. 3 November 1997.

Parliament of the United Kingdom
New constituency	Member of Parliament for Northampton South Feb. 1974 – 1997	Succeeded by Tony Clarke
Preceded by Harold Walker	Chairman of Ways and Means 1992 – 1997	Succeeded by Sir Alan Haselhurst

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Name	Morris, Michael Wolfgang Laurence
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Date of birth	25 November 1936
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