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Line 1: {{Short description\|British politician}} {{Other people\|David Knox}} {{Infobox officeholder \| name = Sir David Knox \| office = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)\|Member of Parliament]]<br>for [[Staffordshire Moorlands (UK Parliament constituency)\|Staffordshire Moorlands]]<br>{{nobold\|([[Leek (UK Parliament constituency)\|Leek]] 1970–1983)}} \| termstart = 18 June 1970 \| termend = 8 April 1997 \| party = [[Conservative Party (UK)\|Conservative Party]] \| birth_date = {{birth date and age\|1933\|05\|30\|df=y}} \| birth_place = [[Dumfriesshire]], [[Scotland]] \| predecessor = [[Harold Davies, Baron Davies of Leek\|Harold Davies]] \| successor = [[Charlotte Atkins]] }} {{Use dmy dates\|date=August 2016}} {{Use British English\|date=August 2016}} '''Sir David Laidlaw Knox''' (born 30 May 1933~~, in [[Dumfriesshire]]~~) is a [[Conservative Party (UK)\|British Conservative Party]] politician and former [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)\|Member of Parliament]].<ref>{{cite web \|title=Mr David Knox \|url=https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-david-knox/index.html \|website=Hansard \|access-date=13 May 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|title=Voting record for Sir David Knox - MPs and Lords - UK Parliament\|url=https://members.parliament.uk/member/995/voting\|access-date=2021-05-13\|website=members.parliament.uk\|language=en}}</ref> ==Parliamentary career== Knox first sought election for [[Birmingham Stechford (UK Parliament constituency)\|Birmingham Stechford]] at the [[1964 United Kingdom general election~~, 1964~~\|1964]] and [[1966 United Kingdom general election~~, 1966~~\|1966]] elections, but was beaten by the [[Labour Party (UK)\|Labour]] [[Cabinet of the United Kingdom\|Cabinet Minister]] [[Roy Jenkins]] on each occasion. In 1967, he was the Conservative candidate in [[1967 Nuneaton by-election~~, 1967~~\|a by-election]] at [[Nuneaton (UK Parliament constituency)\|Nuneaton]] caused by the resignation of [[Frank Cousins (British politician)\|Frank Cousins]], but he was defeated by [[Les Huckfield]]. He was elected Conservative [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)\|MP]] for [[Leek (UK Parliament constituency)\|Leek, Staffordshire]] from [[1970 United Kingdom general election~~, 1970~~\|1970]] to [[1983 United Kingdom general election~~, 1983~~\|1983]], and for [[Staffordshire Moorlands (UK Parliament constituency)\|Staffordshire Moorlands]] from 1983 to [[1997 United Kingdom general election~~, 1997~~\|1997]], when he retired. Knox, once in Parliament, joined what was to become the [[Macleod Group]] led by [[Nicholas Scott]] that was considered to be for Conservative MPs that were pro-European and progressive on social issues and he was noted as strongly supporting Britain's entry to the [[European Economic Community\|EEC]]. Knox protested against a decision to allow the [[Palestine Liberation Organization]] to open an office in London. He supported the [[Capital punishment in the United Kingdom#Abolition\|abolition of capital punishment]]. In 1973, Knox was appointed [[Parliamentary Private Secretary]] to [[Ian Gilmour]], then [[Minister of State for Defence]]. Knox was appointed one of three vice-chairmen of the Conservative Party under the chairman [[William Whitelaw, 1st Viscount Whitelaw\|Willie Whitelaw]] in 1974. He also became President of the Macleod Group, and in that position issued a statement in January 1975 supporting [[Edward Heath]] as Conservative leader. His open support for Heath probably led to his dismissal as vice-chairman in March by new leader [[Margaret Thatcher]]. In September 1975, after the Macleod Group merged with two other 'left-wing' Tory groups in June to form the [[Tory Reform Group]], Knox became its vice-president with [[Nicholas Scott]]. Knox also became chairmen of the [[Parliamentary Group for World Government]]. In December, he voted against the return of [[capital punishment]], unlike his new leader, who voted for its return. On the issue of Scottish devolution Knox clashed with the Conservative Shadow Cabinet. Knox argued that "meaningful devolution of political power for Scotland" was necessary now to avoid Scots feeling the need to vote for separatist parties. By this, he meant that the body needed to have legislative powers. This ran counter to [[Francis Pym]], who was opposition spokesman for devolution at the time, whose policy was to form a constitutional body that had neither legislative or executive powers. In February 1978 he broke from the Tory ranks and voted with the Labour Government and for the [[Scotland Act 1978\|Scotland Bill]]. Line 20 ⟶ 32: ==References== {{Reflist}} *''"Times Guide to the House of Commons"'', [[The Times\|Times Newspapers Limited]], 1992 Line 29 ⟶ 42: {{s-bef \| before = [[Harold Davies, Baron Davies of Leek\|Harold Davies]] }} {{s-ttl \| title = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)\|Member of Parliament]] for [[Leek (UK Parliament constituency)\|Leek]] \| years = [[1970 United Kingdom general election~~, 1970~~\|1970]]~~–~~–[[1983 United Kingdom general election~~, 1983~~\|1983]] }} {{s-non \| reason = Constituency abolished }} {{s-new \| constituency }} {{s-ttl \| title = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)\|Member of Parliament]] for [[Staffordshire Moorlands (UK Parliament constituency)\|Staffordshire Moorlands]] \| years = [[1983 United Kingdom general election~~, 1983~~\|1983]]—[[1997 United Kingdom general election~~, 1997~~\|1997]] }} {{s-aft \| after = [[Charlotte Atkins]] }} Line 44 ⟶ 57: [[Category:1933 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Alumni of ~~the~~ University of London ~~International Programmes~~Worldwide]] [[Category:Alumni of the University of London]] [[Category:Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies]] [[Category:Knights Bachelor]] [[Category:UK MPs ~~1970–74~~1970–1974]] ~~[[Category:20th-century British politicians]]~~ [[Category:UK MPs 1974]] [[Category:UK MPs ~~1974–79~~1974–1979]] [[Category:UK MPs ~~1979–83~~1979–1983]] [[Category:UK MPs ~~1983–87~~1983–1987]] [[Category:UK MPs ~~1987–92~~1987–1992]] [[Category:UK MPs ~~1992–97~~1992–1997]] ~~[[Category:Politicians awarded knighthoods]]~~ [[Category:Politicians of the Pro-Euro Conservative Party]]