Christopher Bonnewell Burton Norwood (17 December 1932 – 14 November 1972) was a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom. Norwood was educated at Whitgift School, Croydon and

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, whence he graduated with a BA in 1953. Following university Norwood worked firstly as a management trainee, then assumed various positions at the

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(NCB) before finding employment in the economic projection section of the

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(CEGB). Having previously contested

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in 1955 and

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in 1959, at the 1964 general election he was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for

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, serving until he stood down in 1970. Norwood died suddenly two years later aged 39, leaving behind one son by his ex-wife Beryl.

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* 1932 births 1972 deaths Alumni of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1964–1966 UK MPs 1966–1970 {{England-Labour-UK-MP-stub