Robert Ernest Bean (5 September 1935 – 7 December 1987) was a British Labour Party politician and

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lecturer. Having served as a councillor and fought Gillingham in

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and Thanet East in February 1974, Bean was elected Member of Parliament for the marginal

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seat in the October of that year, ousting the

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incumbent

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. At the 1979 general election, when the

s returned to government under

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, Fenner regained the seat. Bean was beaten by Fenner again at the new Medway seat in

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, and he died in 1987 at the age of 52. He was survived by his wife, daughter and son. He died before the births of two granddaughters and two grandsons.

References

*''Times Guide to the House of Commons 1979'' *

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* 1935 births 1987 deaths Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1974–1979 Union of Construction, Allied Trades and Technicians-sponsored MPs {{England-Labour-UK-MP-stub