Derek Spencer
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Sir Derek Spencer QC |
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| Solicitor General for England and Wales | |
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In office 15 April 1992 – 1 May 1997 |
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| Prime Minister | John Major |
| Preceded by | Sir Nicholas Lyell |
| Succeeded by | Charles Falconer |
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Member of Parliament for Brighton Pavilion |
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In office 9 April 1992 – 1 May 1997 |
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| Preceded by | Julian Amery |
| Succeeded by | David Lepper |
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Member of Parliament for Leicester South |
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In office 9 June 1983 – 11 June 1987 |
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| Preceded by | Jim Marshall |
| Succeeded by | Jim Marshall |
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31 March 1936 United Kingdom |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Alma mater | Keble College, Oxford |
Sir Derek Harold Spencer, QC (born 31 March 1936), is a British Conservative Party politician.
Born in Clitheroe, Lancashire, he was educated at Clitheroe Royal Grammar School and Keble College, Oxford. He served as a Lieutenant in the King's Own Regiment from 1954-56. He became a barrister in 1961 and 'took silk' as a QC in 1980.
He is a Master of the Bench, Gray's Inn.
Spencer was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Leicester South constituency in the Conservative landslide of 1983, by just 7 votes — the smallest margin in the country. He lost the seat back to Labour in 1987.
Then he was elected for the marginal Brighton Pavilion seat in 1992, when he was knighted and appointed Solicitor-General.
As Solicitor General he represented the government in several significant cases including Wingrove v UK (1997) about the application of blasphemy law under the Human Rights Act 1998.
In 1997, however, he was defeated by Labour's David Lepper by 13,181 votes on a 13.5% swing.
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