Michael Knowles (born 21 May 1942) is a British

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politician and former Member of Parliament.

Political career

From 1971–1983 he was a member of the Council of the

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and Leader of the Council from 1974–1983. Knowles first stood for Parliament for the Labour Welsh stronghold of

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at the February 1974 General Election, coming third. In the October election of that year he fought the London seat of

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, again being defeated. He was elected MP for Nottingham East from

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until he lost the seat at the 1992 general election to Labour's

John Heppell John Heppell (born 3 November 1948) is a former Labour Party (UK), British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Nottingham East (UK Parliament constituency), Nottingham East from 1992 United Kingdom general election ...

References

*''The Times Guide to the House of Commons'',

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, 1992 *

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* 1942 births Living people Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1983–1987 UK MPs 1987–1992 Councillors in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames {{England-Conservative-UK-MP-1940s-stub