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Mr Christopher Soames is a former MP for Bedford.

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Former MP for Bedford

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

Left the House of Commons on 10 March 1966 — General election

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Thomas Skeffington-Lodge
• Richard Wells
• Frederick Kellaway
• Walter Attenborough
• Percy Barlow
• Charles Pym
• Samuel Whitbread
• Charles Magniac
• Samuel Whitbread
• Frederick Polhill-Turner
• Samuel Whitbread
• James Howard
• William Stuart
• Samuel Whitbread
• William Stuart
• Samuel Whitbread
• Thomas Barnard
• Samuel Whitbread
• William Stuart
• Samuel Whitbread
• Henry Stuart
• Harry Verney
• Henry Stuart
• Frederick Polhill
• Samuel Crawley
• Henry Stuart
• Frederick Polhill
• Samuel Crawley
• William Whitbread
• Frederick Polhill
• George Russell
• William Waldegrave
• George Russell
• William Waldegrave
• George Russell
• Samuel Whitbread
• William Lee-Antonie
• Samuel Whitbread
• William Lee-Antonie
• Samuel Whitbread
• William Lee-Antonie
• Samuel Whitbread

Future MPs in this constituency

• Brian Parkyn
• Trevor Skeet
• Patrick Hall
• Richard Fuller
• Mohammad Yasin

Recent appearances

• Oral Answers to Questions — Vietnam: Hanoi (Representations) 28 Feb 1966

  Surely the right hon. Gentleman appreciates that this is not the point? Will he tell us whether or not progress was made by the Prime Minister either on this or any other outstanding problem as a result of his visit to Moscow? In fact, the answer is "no". Is not this exactly what the right hon. Gentleman expected?

• Oral Answers to Questions — Anglo-United Arab Republic Financial Agreement 28 Feb 1966

  This is one of the matters which we understood the hon. Gentleman was to take up on his visit to Cairo fairly recently. Has there been any improvement in the situation since his visit?

• Oral Answers to Questions — Indonesia 28 Feb 1966

  While fully agreeing that our representation in Djakarta should be sufficient for this purpose, does not the hon. Gentleman agree that the fact that the Government in the Defence White Paper have announced that there is not to be a carrier force in the Far East after the mid '70s—

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