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Mr Stanley Thorne is a former MP for Preston.

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Former MP for Preston

Entered the House of Commons on 28 February 1974 — General election

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

Also represented Preston South

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Edward Shackleton
• John Sunderland
• Samuel Segal
• Randolph Churchill
• Edward Cobb
• William Kirkpatrick
• Adrian Moreing
• William Kirkpatrick
• William Jowitt
• Thomas Shaw
• Alfred Kennedy
• William Jowitt
• Thomas Shaw
• Alfred Kennedy
• Thomas Shaw
• James Hodge
• Thomas Shaw
• James Hodge
• George Stanley
• Thomas Shaw
• Urban Broughton
• George Stanley
• Alfred Tobin
• George Stanley
• Alfred Tobin
• Harold Cox
• John Macpherson
• John Kerr
• Robert Hanbury
• William Tomlinson
• Robert Hanbury
• William Tomlinson
• Robert Hanbury
• William Tomlinson
• Robert Hanbury
• William Tomlinson
• Robert Hanbury
• William Tomlinson
• Henry Raikes
• William Ecroyd
• Edward Hermon
• John Holker
• Edward Hermon
• John Holker
• Thomas Hesketh
• Edward Hermon
• Frederick Stanley
• Thomas Hesketh
• Richard Cross
• Charles Grenfell
• Richard Cross
• Robert Parker
• George Strickland
• Robert Parker
• George Strickland
• Charles Grenfell
• Peter Hesketh-Fleetwood
• George Strickland
• Robert Parker
• Peter Hesketh-Fleetwood
• Henry Stanley
• Peter Hesketh-Fleetwood
• Henry Stanley
• Peter Hesketh-Fleetwood
• John Wood
• Henry Hunt
• Edward Stanley
• John Wood
• Edward Stanley
• Samuel Horrocks
• Edmund Hornby
• Samuel Horrocks
• Edmund Hornby
• Samuel Horrocks
• Edmund Hornby
• Edward Stanley
• Samuel Horrocks
• Edward Stanley
• Samuel Horrocks
• John Horrocks
• Edward Stanley

Future MPs in this constituency

• Audrey Wise
• Mark Hendrick

Recent appearances

• Higher Education and Research 1 Apr 1987

  Will the Secretary of State ensure that mature students can gain access to higher education through the provision of adequate family awards?

• Estimates Day: Motor Vehicle Industry 11 Mar 1987

  I am glad to have the opportunity to participate in this debate. I do so primarily because I am chairman of the north-west group of Labour Members who have a considerable interest in the manufacturing industries throughout the north-west, of which, of course, British Leyland is a major part. I support the amendment moved by my right hon. and learned Friend the Member for Monklands, East...

• Oral Answers to Questions — Trade and Industry: Caterpillar Co., Uddingston 25 Feb 1987

  asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry when his Department was informed about the proposed closure of the Caterpillar factory in Scotland.

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