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Sir Robert Newman is a former MP for Exeter.

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Former MP for Exeter

Entered the House of Commons on 7 May 1918 — unknown

Left the House of Commons on 7 October 1931 — General election

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Henry Duke
• George Kekewich
• Edgar Vincent
• Henry Northcote
• Edward Johnson
• John Johnson
• Arthur Mills
• Edgar Bowring
• John Coleridge
• Courtenay
• John Coleridge
• Courtenay
• Edward Divett
• Richard Gard
• Edward Divett
• Richard Gard
• Edward Divett
• John Duckworth
• Edward Divett
• John Duckworth
• William Follett
• Edward Divett
• William Follett
• Edward Divett
• William Follett
• James Buller
• Edward Divett
• Lewis Buck
• Samuel Kekewich
• Lewis Buck
• Samuel Kekewich
• William Courtenay
• Robert Newman
• James Buller
• William Courtenay
• Charles Bampfylde
• James Buller
• Charles Bampfylde
• James Buller
• Charles Bampfylde
• James Buller
• Charles Bampfylde

Future MPs in this constituency

• Arthur Reed
• John Maude
• Rolf Williams
• Gwyneth Dunwoody
• John Hannam
• Ben Bradshaw
• Steve Race

Recent appearances

• Oral Answers to Questions — Prisoners (Correspondence). 16 Jul 1931

  17. asked the Home Secretary the number of letters that convicted persons serving sentences exceeding six months' imprisonment are allowed to send to, and receive from, friends; and whether he can see his way to allow the number to be increased?

• Oral Answers to Questions — Coal Industry.: Boys (Employment Underground). 19 May 1931

  36. asked the Secretary for Mines the number of boys under 16 years of age who are being employed below ground in mines; and the total number of boys under 16 years of age who were killed and the number who were injured while working in the mines below ground during the years 1927, 1928, 1929, and 1930?

• Oral Answers to Questions — Coal Industry.: Pit Ponies. 19 May 1931

  43. asked the Secretary for Mines whether he will consider the desirability of making legal provision regulating the number of hours and shifts a horse or pony may be worked underground per day and per week?

More of Sir Robert Newman’s recent appearances