Michael Fraser Irvine (born 21 October 1939)
is a former British
Conservative Party politician.
Political career
He stood for
Bishop Auckland
Bishop Auckland ( ) is a market town and civil parishes in England, civil parish at the confluence of the River Wear and the River Gaunless in County Durham, England. It is northwest of Darlington and southwest of Durham, England, Durham.
M ...
at the
1979 general election, but was defeated by
Labour's Derek Foster.
Against the national trend, Irvine was elected
Member of Parliament (MP) for
Ipswich
Ipswich () is a port town and Borough status in the United Kingdom, borough in Suffolk, England. It is the county town, and largest in Suffolk, followed by Lowestoft and Bury St Edmunds, and the third-largest population centre in East Anglia, ...
at the
1987 general election, unseating the Labour incumbent
Kenneth Weetch. At the subsequent
1992 general election, however, Irvine lost the seat back to Labour's
Jamie Cann
Jamie Charles Cann (28 June 1946 – 15 October 2001) was a British Labour Party politician who was the Leader of Ipswich Borough Council from 1979 to 1991, before being elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Ipswich at the 1992 general ...
.
Family
He is the son of Labour MP
Sir Arthur Irvine,
QC, who was
Solicitor General
A solicitor general is a government official who serves as the chief representative of the government in courtroom proceedings. In systems based on the English common law that have an attorney general or equivalent position, the solicitor general ...
from 1967 to 1970.
References
;Notes
;Sources
*''Times Guide to the House of Commons 1992''
External links
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1939 births
Living people
Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Ipswich
UK MPs 1987–1992
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