Bruce Douglas-Mann

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Bruce Leslie Home Douglas-Mann (23 June 1927 – 27 July 2000) was a British politician.

Bruce Douglas-Mann was born at Bexhill, Sussex, the son of a solicitor, Leslie John Douglas-Mann, MC.

Douglas-Mann was educated at Upper Canada College, Toronto, Canada before going to Jesus College, Oxford in 1948 where he read PPE.^[1] He qualified as a solicitor in 1954 and served as a councillor on Kensington Borough Council 1962-65 and on the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea from 1964.

Douglas-Mann contested St Albans in 1964 and Maldon in 1966 as a Labour candidate. He was elected Member of Parliament for Kensington North in 1970, then for Mitcham and Morden in February 1974.

In 1982, Douglas-Mann was one of the later defectors among Labour MPs to the new Social Democratic Party. However, he made the unique decision to resign and seek re-election at a by-election upon his change of allegiance. He lost to the Conservative candidate Angela Rumbold and was pushed into third place when he stood again at the 1983 general election.

References

↑ "Old Members' Obituaries". Jesus College Record: 78. 2000.

Times Guide to the House of Commons, 1966 and 1983
Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Bruce Douglas-Mann

Political offices
Preceded by George Rogers	Member of Parliament for Kensington North 1970 – February 1974	Constituency abolished
New constituency	Member of Parliament for Mitcham and Morden February 1974–1982	Succeeded by Angela Rumbold

Persondata
Name	Douglas-Mann, Bruce
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Short description	British politician
Date of birth	23 June 1927
Place of birth
Date of death	27 July 2000
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