Malcolm Moss | |
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Member of Parliament for North East Cambridgeshire |
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In office 12 June 1987 – 12 April 2010 |
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Preceded by | Clement Freud |
Succeeded by | Stephen Barclay |
Personal details | |
Born |
Audenshaw, Lancashire, England |
6 March 1943
Nationality | British |
Political party | Conservative |
Spouse(s) | (1) Vivian Lorraine Peake (d. 1997) (2) Sonya Alexandra McFarlin |
Alma mater | St John's College, Cambridge |
Malcolm Douglas Moss (born 6 March 1943, Audenshaw, Lancashire) is a British Conservative Party politician. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for North East Cambridgeshire from 1987 until his retirement at the 2010 general election.
He went to Audenshaw Grammar School on Stamford Road (now Audenshaw School) in Audenshaw from 1954–62, then the St John's College, Cambridge receiving a BA in 1965 then a Certificate in Education in 1967, and an MA in 1969. He taught geography at Blundell's School in Tiverton from 1966–70, being Head of Geography and Economics from 1968-70. From 1971-4, he worked for Barwick Associates Ltd, being an insurance consultant from 1971-2 in Worcestershire, then general manager from 1972-4 in Wisbech. He founded Mandrake Associates Ltd (based in Wisbech) in 1974, being director until November 1994. The company was taken over by Hambro Countrywide in November 1986 (being known as Countrywide Assured since 1998, a Preston based company owned by Chesnara).
He was on Wisbech Town Council from 1979–83, being Mayor from 1982-3. From 1983-7, he was on Fenland District Council, then from 1985-8 on Cambridgeshire County Council.