Michael Spicer
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The Right Honourable The Lord Spicer PC |
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Member of Parliament for West Worcestershire South Worcestershire (1974–1997) |
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In office 1 March 1974 – 12 April 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Gerald Nabarro |
| Succeeded by | Harriett Baldwin |
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| Born |
22 January 1943 Bath, Somerset, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Patricia Ann Hunter |
| Alma mater |
Wellington College Emmanuel College, Cambridge |
William Michael Hardy Spicer, Baron Spicer PC (born 22 January 1943) is a British Conservative Party peer and member of the House of Lords. From 1974 to 2010 he was a Member of Parliament (MP), and sat in the House of Commons as a backbencher. He was chairman of the 1922 committee from 2001 to 2010.
He was born in Bath, to Lt. Col. (later Brigadier) L. Hardy Spicer and Muriel, daughter of Wallis G. Carter of Bath. Spicer was educated at Vienna, Gaunts House Preparatory School, Wellington College and has a degree in economics from Emmanuel College, Cambridge. After graduation, he worked as a financial journalist for the Daily Mail, the Sunday Times and The Statist. From 1968–70, he was Director of Conservative Systems Research Centre. From 1970–80, he was Managing Director of Economic Models Ltd.
At the 1966 general election, he challenged Manny Shinwell in the safe Labour Easington constituency as the youngest Parliamentary candidate in the country against the oldest. He stood in Easington again at the 1970 general election before being elected at the February 1974 general election for South Worcestershire. He represented South Worcestershire until 1997 when boundary changes abolished the constituency and he moved to the West Worcestershire seat which he represented until his retirement from the Commons.
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