Hugh Patrick Thompson (born 21 October 1935), known as Patrick Thompson, is a British Conservative Party politician.

Early life

Educated at

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and

Emmanuel College, Cambridge Emmanuel College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college was founded in 1584 by Sir Walter Mildmay, Chancellor of the Exchequer to Elizabeth I. The site on which the college sits was once a priory for Dominican mo ...

, Thompson was a

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, teaching

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. From 1960 to 1965, he taught at the

Manchester Grammar School The Manchester Grammar School (MGS) is a highly Selective school, selective Private_schools_in_the_United_Kingdom, private day school for boys aged 7-18 in Manchester, England, which was founded in 1515 by Hugh Oldham (then Bishop of Exeter). ...

and from 1965 to 1983 at

Gresham's School Gresham's School is a private school (English fee-charging boarding and day school) in Holt, Norfolk, England, one of the top thirty International Baccalaureate schools in England. The school was founded in 1555 by Sir John Gresham as a f ...

, Holt.

Parliamentary career

Thompson fought

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in the

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and October 1974 elections, being beaten by Labour's Ben Ford each time. In

1979 Events January * January 1 ** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the ''International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the ''Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the song ...

he was defeated at

Barrow-in-Furness Barrow-in-Furness is a port town and civil parish (as just "Barrow") in the Westmorland and Furness district of Cumbria, England. Historic counties of England, Historically in the county of Lancashire, it was incorporated as a municipal borou ...

. He was Member of Parliament for the marginal

Norwich North Norwich North is a constituency in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament represented by Alice Macdonald, member of the Labour Party, after winning the seat in the 2024 general election. The constituency includes parts of two local governm ...

seat, gaining it from Labour 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 ...

. He held the seat until his retirement in 1997.

References

*''Times Guide to the House of Commons'', Times Newspapers Limited, 1992 and 1997 editions
Patrick Thompson in Hansard
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External links

* 1935 births Living people Alumni of Emmanuel College, Cambridge People educated at Gresham's School Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Schoolteachers from Greater Manchester Schoolteachers from Norfolk UK MPs 1983–1987 UK MPs 1987–1992 UK MPs 1992–1997 Teachers at Manchester Grammar School {{England-Conservative-UK-MP-1930s-stub