David John Nicholson (born 17 August 1944) is a former Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom.

Early life

Before being elected he worked at the

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in the 1970s and 80s.

Parliamentary career

Nicholson fought Walsall South in

1983 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call. Events January * January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to TCP/IP is officially completed (this is considered to be the beginning of the ...

, being defeated by Labour's

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by 702 votes. He was member of parliament for

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from 1987 to 1997, being elected to the traditional Conservative seat after

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left

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1987 Events January * January 1 – Bolivia reintroduces the Boliviano currency. * January 2 – Chadian–Libyan conflict – Battle of Fada: The Military of Chad, Chadian army destroys a Libyan armoured brigade. * January 3 – Afghan leader ...

and was elected again in

1992 1992 was designated as International Space Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 – Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt replaces Javier Pérez de Cuéllar of Peru as United Nations Secretary-General. * January 6 ** The Republ ...

. He lost the seat in the 1997 General Election to

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by 2,443 votes with the swing of 4.6% away from the Conservatives small compared to the national average swing.

After Parliament

He is now a consultant at public affairs company Butler Kelly Ltd.The Team

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* 1944 births Living people Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1987–1992 UK MPs 1992–1997 {{England-Conservative-UK-MP-1940s-stub