John Townend
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John Ernest Townend (born 12 June 1934, Kingston upon Hull) is a United Kingdom politician. Educated at Hymers College in Hull, he worked as an accountant and was managing director (now chairman) of House of Townend wine merchants in Hull, before moving into local government. He served as a Conservative Party Member of Parliament from 1979 until his retirement in 2001.
Townend was renowned for his controversial views on race and immigration, which got him into trouble from time to time. In 1984 he suggested that foreigners employed in industries should be replaced by unemployed Britons, and in 2001, shortly before his retirement as an MP, he became engulfed in a row within the Tory Party when, referring to people of mixed parentage, he said that Britons were becoming a "mongrel race". He was chairman of the right-wing 92 Group.
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| Preceded by Richard Wood |
Member of Parliament for Bridlington 1979–1997 |
Succeeded by (constituency abolished) |
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Member of Parliament for East Yorkshire 1997–2001 |
Succeeded by Greg Knight |
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