Raymond Carter (British politician)
Raymond Carter | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Birmingham Northfield | |
| In office 1970–1979 | |
| Western European Union Member | |
| In office 1974–1976 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 17 September 1935 |
| Died | 2 July 2020 (aged 84) |
| Political party | Reading Technical College Stafford College of Technology |
Raymond John Carter (17 September 1935 – 2 July 2020)
Early life and career
Carter was born in September 1935, the son of John Carter and Nellie Carter (née Woodcock). He was educated at
Political career
Carter joined the
Carter unexpectedly lost his seat - which he had won by a 20% majority or 10,597 votes in the previous election - to the Conservative Jocelyn Cadbury at the 1979 United Kingdom general election, losing by just 204 votes (a margin of 0.3%) on a swing of 10.2%.
Outside Parliament
Carter was a member of the General Advisory Council at the
In 1983, Carter was a co-cataloguer and exhibitor on the works of Sir John Betjeman. He was also a Trustee of the British Museum (Natural History) from 1986 to 1996, and in 1991, he became a Patron for the Guild of Handicraft Trust. That year also saw him becoming a member of the Development Committee at the Arvon Foundation, a role he held until 2001. He was a Governor at Wexham and Heatherwood Hospitals NHS Trust from 2011 to 2014.[2]
Personal life and death
In 1959, he married Jeanette Hills; they had a son and two daughters. In Who's Who, he listed his recreations as "walking, reading, writing". Carter lived in Bracknell in Berkshire.[2]
He died aged 84 in July 2020.[2]
References
- ^ "Members of our Association who have died during 2020". politicshome.com. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
- ^ , retrieved 15 April 2021
- ^ a b Stenton, Michael; Lees, Stephen (1981). Who's Who of British Members of Parliament. Vol. IV. Brighton: Harvester Press. pp. 55–56.
- Times Guide to the House of Commons 1979
- The Almamac of British Politics 1999
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs