Education
Parkyn was educated at King Edward VI Grammar School in Chelmsford and at technical college.
Parkyn was educated at King Edward VI Grammar School in Chelmsford and at technical college.
In 1970, he lost the seat to the Conservative Trevor Skeet. Parkyn attempted unsuccessfully to regain the seat in 1974.
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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.
He was a conscientious objector in the Second World War.