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Mr Peter Rees is a former MP for Dover.

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Former MP for Dover

Entered the House of Commons on 18 June 1970 — General election

Left the House of Commons on 18 May 1987 — General election

Also represented Dover and Deal

Previous MPs in this constituency

• David Ennals
• John Arbuthnot
• John Thomas
• John Jacob Astor
• Duncannon
• George Wyndham
• Alexander Dickson
• Charles Freshfield
• Alexander Dickson
• Edward Barnett
• Alexander Dickson
• George Jessel
• Charles Freshfield
• Alexander Dickson
• Henry Leeke
• William Nicol
• Ralph Bernal
• William Russell
• Chelsea
• Edward Rice
• George Clerk
• Edward Rice
• John Reid
• Edward Rice
• John Reid
• John Fector
• John Halcomb
• John Reid
• Robert Stanhope
• Charles Thomson
• Robert Stanhope
• John Reid
• William Trant
• Charles Thomson
• William Trant
• Charles Thomson
• Edward Bootle-Wilbraham
• Joseph Butterworth
• John Jackson
• Edward Bootle-Wilbraham
• Joseph Butterworth
• Edward Bootle-Wilbraham
• John Jackson
• John Smith
• John Trevanion
• John Smith
• John Trevanion

Future MPs in this constituency

• David Shaw
• Gwyn Prosser
• Charlie Elphicke
• Natalie Elphicke

Recent appearances

• Orders of the Day — Pilotage Bill [Lords] 30 Mar 1987

  My hon. Friend has rightly stressed the issue of safety in the consideration of this complex and important problem. As he must know, the English channel, between Dover and Folkestone, is one of the busiest waterways in the world. Will he consider an extension of the inshore zone which at present stops short of the Goodwin Sands? I leave it to him to say whether the area is in my constituency,...

• Zeebrugge Ferry Disaster 9 Mar 1987

  I thank my right hon. Friend for the statement and for his decision to make an immediate grant to the Dover district council disaster fund. His prompt visit and that of my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister to Zeebrugge to see the aftermath of the disaster was much appreciated. My hon. and learned Friend the Member for Folkestone and Hythe (Mr. Howard) and I appreciated the prompt visit...

• Public Expenditure 18 Feb 1987

  I rise with a sense of inadequacy because I am not a member of the Tory Reform Group and am not in a position to rebut many of the points that were made by the hon. Member for Fife, Central (Mr. Hamilton). I should also admit that unlike, apparently, himself, I am not privy to the Chancellor's plans for the Budget. Therefore, I do not propose to speculate about that because presumably in a...

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