Richard Holt (MP for Langbaurgh)

James Richard Holt (2 August 1931 – 20 September 1991) was a British politician and Conservative Member of Parliament.

Political career

[edit]

Holt first stood for Parliament, unsuccessfully, at Brent South in the February 1974 General Election.

He was elected for Langbaurgh at the 1983 election and was re-elected in 1987. In 1989 he was one of the Tory members who stated doubts about the proposed Community Charge[citation needed] . He died suddenly in his sleep, aged 60, in 1991. His successor in the resulting by-election was Labour's Ashok Kumar. However, at the 1992 general election the seat was regained by the Conservative Michael Bates.

References

[edit]
Parliament of the United Kingdom
New constituency Member of Parliament for Langbaurgh
19831991
Succeeded by