Toby Jessel
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Toby Henry Francis Jessel (born 11 July 1934) was a British Conservative politician.
Jessel was educated at the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth and Balliol College, Oxford and was an exporter. He served as a councillor in the London Borough of Southwark from 1964.
Jessel contested Peckham in 1964 and Kingston upon Hull North twice in 1966 in both a by-election and the subsequent general election. He represented Ricmond-upon-Thames on the Greater London Council 1967-73. He was MP for Twickenham from 1970 until he was defeated by Liberal Democrat Vincent Cable in 1997.
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- Times Guide to the House of Commons, Times Newspapers Limited, 1997
Preceded by: Gresham Cooke |
Member of Parliament for Twickenham 1970—1997 |
Succeeded by: Vincent Cable |
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