Brian Parkyn
Politician
1923 – 2006
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Who was Brian Parkyn?
Brian Stewart Parkyn was a British Labour Party politician.
Parkyn was educated at King Edward VI Grammar School in Chelmsford and at technical college. He was a conscientious objector in the Second World War. He was a director of a chemical manufacturing firm and a council member of the British Plastics Federation.
Parkyn was elected Member of Parliament for Bedford in 1966, having first contested the seat in 1964. In 1970, he lost the seat to the Conservative Trevor Skeet. Parkyn attempted unsuccessfully to regain the seat in 1974.
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- Born
- Apr 28, 1923
- Education
- King Edward VI Grammar School, Chelmsford
- Died
- Mar 22, 2006
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on July 23, 2013
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