John Stanley (MP for Tonbridge and Malling)
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The Right Honourable Sir John Stanley |
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| Minister of State for Northern Ireland | |
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In office 13 June 1987 – 25 July 1988 |
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| Prime Minister | Margaret Thatcher |
| Preceded by | Nicholas Scott |
| Succeeded by | Ian Stewart |
| Minister of State for the Armed Forces | |
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In office 13 June 1983 – 13 June 1987 |
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| Prime Minister | Margaret Thatcher |
| Preceded by | Peter Blaker |
| Succeeded by | Ian Stewart |
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Member of Parliament for Tonbridge and Malling |
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In office 28 February 1974 – 30 March 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Constituency Created |
| Succeeded by | Tom Tugendhat |
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12 January 1942 Marylebone, London, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Susan Giles |
| Alma mater | Lincoln College, Oxford |
Sir John Paul Stanley PC (born 12 January 1942) is a British Conservative Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Tonbridge and Malling from 1974 to 2015.
Stanley was educated at two independent schools: at Copthorne Preparatory School near Crawley in West Sussex and Repton School in the village of Repton in Derbyshire, followed by Lincoln College at the University of Oxford, where he read Modern History. He also studied at Syracuse University.
Stanley was at the Institute for Strategic Studies from 1968 to 1969. He worked for Rio Tinto-Zinc Corp Ltd (RTZ) from 1969 to 1979.
Stanley contested the Newton seat in 1970. He was first elected to Parliament at the February 1974 election, prior to which he had worked for the Conservative Research Department as an advisor on housing policy. He was Parliamentary Private Secretary to Margaret Thatcher from 1976 to 1979, during her time as Leader of the Opposition.
He was made Minister of State with responsibility for housing at the Department of the Environment following the Conservative victory at the 1979 general election. Four years later he was moved to become Minister of State for the Armed Forces in the Ministry of Defence. Following the 1987 general election Stanley was moved to the Northern Ireland Office, once again as Minister of State, but left the government front bench in 1988 and has remained on the back benches since.
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