Trevor Victor Norman Fortescue, CBE

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 (28 August 1916 – 29 September 2008) was a British

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 politician

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, known as Tim Fortescue. He was the Conservative

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 Member of Parliament

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 (MP) for Liverpool Garston

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 from 1966 to 1974.

Fortescue was first elected to Parliament

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 in the 1966 general election

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. He was re-elected to the 1970 general election

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 and, having been appointed by Edward Heath

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 as an assistant whip under Francis Pym

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, served as a senior whip, Lord Commissioner of the Treasury from 1971 until he resigned in September 1973. He retired from the Commons at the February 1974 general election

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, and Labour

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went on to win the seat.