James Francis Pawsey (born 21 August 1933) is a retired British
Conservative
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politician. He was educated at Coventry Technical School and Coventry Technical College (both later merged into
City College Coventry).
Pawsey was a local councillor in
Warwickshire
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from 1965 to 1979,
Member of Parliament for
Rugby from 1979 to 1983 and then for
Rugby and Kenilworth from 1983 to 1997, when he lost the seat in the
general election
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to
Labour's
Andy King.
His son,
Mark Pawsey, was elected Member of Parliament for the new constituency of
Rugby at the
2010 general election.
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1933 births
Living people
Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
UK MPs 1979–1983
UK MPs 1983–1987
UK MPs 1987–1992
UK MPs 1992–1997
People from the Borough of Rugby
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