Christopher Brocklebank-Fowler

Christopher Brocklebank-Fowler
Member of Parliament
for North West Norfolk
(King’s Lynn, 1970–1974)
In office
18 June 1970 – 13 May 1983
Preceded byDerek Page
Succeeded byHenry Bellingham
Personal details
Born(1934-01-13)13 January 1934
Banbury, England
Died29 May 2020(2020-05-29) (aged 86)
Political partyConservative (before 1981)
SDP (1981–88)
Liberal Democrats (1988–96)
Labour (1996–2020)
Spouses
  • Joan Nowland
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    (m. 1957; div. 1975)​
  • Mary Berry
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    (m. 1975; div. 1986)​
  • Dorothea Rycroft
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    (m. 1996; div. 2000)​
Children2
EducationThe Perse School

Christopher Brocklebank-Fowler (13 January 1934 – 29 May 2020) was a British politician who was a Member of Parliament from 1970 to 1983. In 1981, he defected to the Social Democratic Party (SDP), the only Conservative MP to do so. He then joined the Liberal Democrats, followed by Labour, thereby being a member of four political parties within 15 years.[1]

  1. ^ Langdon, Julia (7 June 2020). "Christopher Brocklebank-Fowler obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 July 2020.