Fred Silvester

For the organist and composer, see Frederick C. Silvester.

Fred Silvester
Member of Parliament
for Manchester Withington
In office
28 February 1974 – 18 May 1987
Preceded bySir Robert Cary
Succeeded byKeith Bradley
Member of Parliament
for Walthamstow West
In office
21 September 1967 – 29 May 1970
Preceded byEdward Redhead
Succeeded byEric Deakins
Personal details
Born
Frederick John Silvester

(1933-09-20) 20 September 1933 (age 91)
Political partyConservative

Frederick John Silvester (born 20 September 1933)[1] is a retired British Conservative Party politician.

The son of William Thomas Silvester and Kathleen Gertrude (née Jones), Silvester was educated at Sir George Monoux Grammar School, Walthamstow, and Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, where he achieved a first class in Part I of the history tripos and a lower second in Part II of the law tripos, graduating in 1954.[2][3][4] He was called to the bar at Gray's Inn in 1957, and became a Conservative member of Walthamstow Borough Council four years later.[4] Having contested the Walthamstow West parliamentary constituency in 1966, Silvester was elected a Member of Parliament (MP) at the Walthamstow West by-election in 1967,[1] but lost the seat at the 1970 general election.[5] He was returned to Parliament at the February 1974 general election as MP for Manchester Withington,[6] and held that seat[7] but he was defeated at the 1987 general election by Labour's Keith Bradley.[8]

As an Opposition Whip during Harold Wilson's second government (1974–76),[4] Silvester is a major character in James Graham's play This House.

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  2. ^ 'Tripos Results at Cambridge', The Times Educational Supplement, 26 June 1953, p. 586.
  3. ^ "Examinations at Cambridge", The Times, 23 June 1954, p. 4.
  4. ^ a b c "SILVESTER, Frederick John". Who's Who. Vol. 2024 (online ed.). A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  5. ^ "UK General Election results 1970". Richard Kimber's political science resources. Archived from the original on 16 June 2015. Retrieved 4 January 2010.
  6. ^ "UK General Election results February 1974". Richard Kimber's political science resources. Archived from the original on 27 January 2015. Retrieved 4 January 2010.
  7. ^ "Historical list of MPs: constituencies beginning with "W", part 4". Leigh Rayment's House of Commons pages. Archived from the original on 10 August 2009. Retrieved 4 January 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  8. ^ "UK General Election results 1987". Richard Kimber's political science resources. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 4 January 2010.