James Stewart Barry Henderson (born 29 April 1936) is a former British Conservative Party politician who served in the

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on two occasions, February–October 1974 and 1979–87, both for

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constituencies.

Early life

Henderson was educated at Stowe. He worked as a computer systems advisor and at the

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Central Office.

Parliamentary career

Henderson contested

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at the 1966 general election. He was first elected as the Member of Parliament for

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at the February 1974 general election. Although a constituency of this name had existed before that election, this was in effect a new constituency because of large-scale boundary changes, and the sitting MP

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had moved to Central Dunbartonshire. However, Henderson lost his seat at the October 1974 election, to Margaret Bain of the

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, by just 22 votes. At the 1979 general election, he was returned to

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as the MP for East Fife. After boundary changes for the 1983 general election, he was elected for North East Fife, which was largely the same constituency with only limited boundary changes. However, Henderson lost his seat at the 1987 general election to

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of the Liberal Democrats. Campbell would remain as the MP for the constituency until his retirement from the Commons 28 years later in

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References

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June 1987'' *''Who's Who 2007''

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Henderson, Barry 1936 births Living people Scottish Conservative MPs UK MPs 1974 UK MPs 1979–1983 UK MPs 1983–1987 People educated at Stowe School Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Scottish constituencies Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Fife constituencies