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Mr Julian Ridsdale is a former MP for Harwich.

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Profile

Former MP for Harwich

Entered the House of Commons on 11 February 1954 — unknown

Left the House of Commons on 16 March 1992 — General election

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Stanley Holmes
• Percy Pybus
• Frederick Rice
• Albert Hillary
• Harry Newton
• Arthur Lever
• James Round
• Henry Tyler
• Henry Jervis-White-Jervis
• John Kelk
• Henry Jervis-White-Jervis
• Richard Rowley
• Henry Jervis-White-Jervis
• William Campbell
• John Bagshaw
• Robert Bagshaw
• George Warburton
• John Bagshaw
• David Waddington
• George Sandford
• Isaac Butt
• Fitz-Roy Kelly
• Robert Crawford
• John Hobhouse
• John Attwood
• John Bagshaw
• William Beresford
• John Attwood
• Alexander Ellice
• John Herries
• Francis Bonham
• George Dawson
• John Herries
• Christopher Tower
• George Dawson
• William Rae
• Nicholas Tindal
• George Canning
• Nicholas Vansittart
• Charles Bathurst
• John Addington
• Nicholas Vansittart
• John Addington
• William Huskisson
• John Addington
• James Adams
• William Fremantle
• James Adams
• John Addington
• James Adams
• John Addington
• Thomas Myers
• John Robinson

Future MPs in this constituency

• Iain Sproat
• Ivan Henderson
• Douglas Carswell

Recent appearances

• Manufacturing Industry 16 Oct 1991

  Will the hon. Gentleman be generous enough to admit that this month Nissan is creating 1,000 new jobs in the north-east?

• Manufacturing Industry 16 Oct 1991

  I was interested in the little argument about the Toyota plant and Nissan plants because I have visited them both. I assure the hon. Member for Bassetlaw (Mr. Ashton) that the RB211 plant is as recognised and as advanced in technology as any plant that I have visited in Japan. I remember going to Japan with the hon. Member for Bassetlaw and Joe Harper, who is no longer with us. He was an...

• Manufacturing Industry 16 Oct 1991

  The hon. Gentleman's comments are misguided. My experience of the Japanese market is that our exports to Japan have almost doubled in the past three years. With the priority campaign that now exists, it is up to us to test the market. I think that the hon. Gentleman's remarks are out of date, but I do not want to be too emphatic because I am trying to keep the argument on a low key and not to...

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