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Mr Richard Fort is a former MP for Clitheroe.

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Former MP for Clitheroe

Entered the House of Commons on 23 February 1950 — General election

Left the House of Commons on 16 May 1959 — Died

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Harry Randall
• William Brass
• Alfred Davies
• Albert Smith
• David Shackleton
• Ughtred Shuttleworth
• Richard Fort
• Ralph Assheton
• Richard Fort
• John Hopwood
• John Aspinall
• Le Gendre Starkie
• Mathew Wilson
• Edward Cardwell
• John Fort
• Mathew Wilson
• John Fort
• Peregrine Cust
• Robert Curzon
• Peregrine Cust
• Robert Curzon
• Peregrine Cust
• Robert Curzon
• Henry Porcher
• William Cust
• Robert Curzon
• William Cust
• Robert Curzon
• Edward Wilbraham-Bootle
• Robert Stewart
• James Gordon
• Robert Curzon
• James Gordon
• Robert Curzon
• John Cust
• Robert Curzon
• John Cust
• Robert Curzon

Future MPs in this constituency

• Francis Pearson
• David Walder
• David Waddington

Recent appearances

• Oral Answers to Questions — Space Research 12 May 1959

  asked the Prime Minister if he is yet in a position to make a statement about space research.

• Oral Answers to Questions — Space Research 12 May 1959

  Now that the project for a satellite is being taken over by the Government, and in view of the lead which the Royal Society has given in this idea in the past, can my right hon. Friend undertake that the Royal Society will be considered on all scientific developments in this field in the future and also that it will be consulted with a view to initiating purely scientific as well as defence work?

• Oral Answers to Questions — Trade and Commerce: Factory Extension, Simonstone 7 May 1959

  asked the President of the Board of Trade what financial arrangements the Board of Trade is making in connection with the large extension to the Mullard factory at Simonstone.

More of Mr Richard Fort’s recent appearances