Sir Roger Denis Moate is a Conservative

Conservative Party (UK)

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 politician in the United Kingdom

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Moate was educated at Latymer Upper School

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, Hammersmith

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 and was an insurance broker. He first stood for Parliament for the Faversham

Faversham (UK Parliament constituency)

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 constituency at the 1966 general election

United Kingdom general election, 1966

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, losing to Labour

Labour Party (UK)

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's Terence Boston

Terence Boston, Baron Boston of Faversham

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. When the Redcliffe-Maud Report

Redcliffe-Maud Report

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 was campaigned against by rural district councils Swale R.D.C. was forced to opt out of the campaign due to the similarity of "R.E. Mote" with its then-prospective candidate R. D. Moate. By coincidence, Moate had moved the motion opposing Redcliffe-Maud at the Conservative Party conference.
He was elected Member of Parliament

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 in 1970 general election

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, and served as MP until 1997. He was a member of the select committee on Agriculture from 1995 to 1997.

At the 1997 election

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, the Faversham constituency was split to form Faversham and Mid Kent and Sittingbourne and Sheppey. Moate contested the latter seat, but lost to the Labour candidate, Derek Wyatt

Derek Wyatt

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Moate was knight

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ed in 1993. He lives in Newnham

Newnham, Kent

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, near Sittingbourne

Sittingbourne

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 and has three children.

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