Douglas French

Douglas Charles French (born 20 March 1944)[1] is a retired Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom.

Political career

French was educated at Glyn Grammar School, Epsom and St Catharine's College, Cambridge.[2] Having stood unsuccessfully for Sheffield Attercliffe in 1979, he was elected to the House of Commons at the 1987 general election as Member of Parliament for Gloucester,[3] succeeding former minister Sally Oppenheim. He was re-elected at the 1992 general election, but was defeated at the 1997 general election by the Labour Party candidate, Tess Kingham.[4]

References
  1. "Historical list of MPs: constituencies beginning with "G", part 1". Leigh Raymemt's House of Commons pages. Archived from the original on 13 July 2011. Retrieved 8 January 2010.
  2. "FRENCH, Douglas Charles". Who's Who. 2019 (online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. (subscription or UK public library membership required) (subscription required)
  3. "UK General Election results June 1987". Richard Kimber's political science resources. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 8 January 2010.
  4. "UK General Election results 1997 & 2001: Gloucester". Richard Kimber's political science resources. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 8 January 2010.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Sally Oppenheim		 Member of Parliament for Gloucester
1987–1997		 Succeeded by
Tess Kingham


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