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Mr Iain Sproat is a former MP for Harwich.

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Former MP for Harwich

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

Left the House of Commons on 8 April 1997 — General election

Also represented Aberdeen South

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Julian Ridsdale
• 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
• William Campbell
• Henry Jervis-White-Jervis
• John Bagshaw
• George Warburton
• Robert Bagshaw
• John Bagshaw
• David Waddington
• George Sandford
• Isaac Butt
• Fitz-Roy Kelly
• Robert Crawford
• John Hobhouse
• John Attwood
• John Bagshaw
• John Attwood
• William Beresford
• Alexander Ellice
• John Herries
• Francis Bonham
• John Herries
• Christopher Tower
• George Dawson
• William Rae
• Nicholas Tindal
• George Canning
• Nicholas Vansittart
• Charles Bathurst
• Nicholas Vansittart
• 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

• Julian Ridsdale
• Ivan Henderson
• Douglas Carswell

Recent appearances

• Clause 2: Treasure 18 Mar 1997

  I beg to move, That the Treasure Act 1996 draft Code of Practice (England and Wales), which was laid before this House on 13th March, be approved.

• Clause 2: Treasure 18 Mar 1997

  I apologise to the House for the fact that, because the statutory instruments are complex, I may have to take slightly longer than has been taken on the previous measures. The instruments seek the approval of the House for two draft codes of practice on the Treasure Act 1996. It may be useful if I briefly remind the House of the scope and purpose of the Treasure Act 1996. The Act was...

• Prayers: National Lottery 12 Mar 1997

  I am grateful to my right hon. Friend the Member for Mid-Sussex (Mr. Renton) for initiating this debate on a subject that the House seems particularly and rightly fond of discussing. I know that he has a great interest in the lottery, having been involved in its introduction at an early stage. The lottery has been enormously or, as my right hon. Friend would say, howlingly successful in its...

More of Mr Iain Sproat’s recent appearances