Timothy Eggar
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Member of Parliament for Enfield North |
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In office 3 May 1979 – 1 May 1997 |
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| Preceded by | Bryan Davies |
| Succeeded by | Joan Ryan |
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| Born | December 19, 1951 |
| Political party | Conservative |
Timothy John Crommelin Eggar (born 19 December 1951) is a British businessman and former politician. He holds positions on the boards of multiple organisations including Shiplake College and Cape plc, and was the Conservative MP for Enfield North between 1979 and 1997.
Timothy Eggar is the son of John Eggar and Pamela Crommelin-Brown. He was educated at Abberley Hall School and Winchester College. He has degrees from Magdalene College, Cambridge and The College of Law. He has two children with his wife, Charmian Minoprio, whom he married in 1977.
Eggar was elected to the Commons in 1979 by winning the Labour seat of Enfield North. As a backbencher he served on the Treasury and Civil Service Committee and took a special interest in energy, economic, financial and civil service issues. He was an early advocate of privatization. From 1981 he served as Parliamentary Private Secretary at the Overseas Development Administration before being appointed as the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs in 1985.
Eggar was Minister for Employment in from 1989 to 1990, and in that capacity he was Minister for Small Business. He took the 1990 Employment Act through Parliament which effectively made pre-entry closed shops and secondary action unlawful.
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