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Sir [[John Stanley]] was the [[Conservative Party]] MP for Tonbridge & Malling from 1974 to 2015. He retired in March 2015 choosing to stand down before the 2015 general election. <ref> [http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/sir-john-stanley/91 Rt Hon Sir John Stanley] ''www.parliament.uk'', accessed 20 May 2015 </ref>  
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Sir '''John Stanley''' was the UK [[Conservative Party]] MP for Tonbridge & Malling from 1974 to 2015.  
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He retired in March 2015, choosing to stand down ahead of the 2015 general election. <ref> [http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/sir-john-stanley/91 Rt Hon Sir John Stanley] ''www.parliament.uk'', accessed 20 May 2015 </ref>  
  
 
==Northern Ireland==
 
==Northern Ireland==
Stanley served as a Minister of State in the [[Northern Ireland Office]] from 13 June 1987 to 25 July 1988.<ref>David Butler and Gareth Butler, Twentieth Century British Political Facts 1900-2000, Macmillan, 2000, p.41.</ref>
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Stanley served as a minister of state in the [[Northern Ireland Office]] from 13 June 1987 to 25 July 1988.<ref>David Butler and Gareth Butler, Twentieth Century British Political Facts 1900-2000, Macmillan, 2000, p.41.</ref>
  
According to journalist W.D. Flackes and political scientist Sydney Elliott:
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According to journalist W.D. Flackes and political scientist [[Sydney Elliott]]:
 
::his move to Stormont was variously interpreted as heralding a tougher security policy, a gesture to unionists still furious at the AIA [Anglo-Irish Agreement], and as providing an 'eyes and ears' for Thatcher in the Stormont scene.<ref>W.D Flackes, & Sydney Elliott, Northern Ireland: A Political Directory 1968-88, Blackstaff Press, 1989, p.260.</ref>
 
::his move to Stormont was variously interpreted as heralding a tougher security policy, a gesture to unionists still furious at the AIA [Anglo-Irish Agreement], and as providing an 'eyes and ears' for Thatcher in the Stormont scene.<ref>W.D Flackes, & Sydney Elliott, Northern Ireland: A Political Directory 1968-88, Blackstaff Press, 1989, p.260.</ref>
  

Latest revision as of 09:37, 21 May 2015

Sir John Stanley was the UK Conservative Party MP for Tonbridge & Malling from 1974 to 2015.

He retired in March 2015, choosing to stand down ahead of the 2015 general election. [1]

Northern Ireland

Stanley served as a minister of state in the Northern Ireland Office from 13 June 1987 to 25 July 1988.[2]

According to journalist W.D. Flackes and political scientist Sydney Elliott:

his move to Stormont was variously interpreted as heralding a tougher security policy, a gesture to unionists still furious at the AIA [Anglo-Irish Agreement], and as providing an 'eyes and ears' for Thatcher in the Stormont scene.[3]

Notes

  1. Rt Hon Sir John Stanley www.parliament.uk, accessed 20 May 2015
  2. David Butler and Gareth Butler, Twentieth Century British Political Facts 1900-2000, Macmillan, 2000, p.41.
  3. W.D Flackes, & Sydney Elliott, Northern Ireland: A Political Directory 1968-88, Blackstaff Press, 1989, p.260.