Keith Wickenden
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Keith David Wickenden was a Conservative Party
politician.
Wickenden was Member of Parliament
for Dorking
from 1979 to 1983, when the seat was abolished in boundary changes. One month after the 1983 general election
, Wickenden was killed in an air crash at the age of 50.
Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
politician.
Wickenden was Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
for Dorking
Dorking (UK Parliament constituency)
Dorking was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Dorking in Surrey. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from the 1950 general election until it was abolished for the 1983 general election and replaced by the Mole Valley...
from 1979 to 1983, when the seat was abolished in boundary changes. One month after the 1983 general election
United Kingdom general election, 1983
The 1983 United Kingdom general election was held on 9 June 1983. It gave the Conservative Party under Margaret Thatcher the most decisive election victory since that of Labour in 1945...
, Wickenden was killed in an air crash at the age of 50.