Background
STODDART OF SWINDON, David Leonard Stoddart was born on May 4, 1926. Parents: the late Arthur L. Stoddart and the late Queenie Victoria Stoddart.
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David Leonard Stoddart STODDART OF SWINDON
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St. Clement Danes and Henley Grammar Schs.
Career
Member, EETPU, 1953;NALGO, 1951-1970. Member, Reading County BC, 1954-1972. Leader of Labour Group on Council, 1962-1970, Leader of Council, 1967-1971.
Served at various times as Chairman of Housing, Transport and Finance Committees. Contested Newbury, 1959 and 1964. Member for Swindon, June 1970-1983.
Parliamentary Private Secretary to Minister for Housing and Construction, 1974-1975. Assistant Government Whip, January 1975-Nov. 1977; Lord Commissioner of the Treasury, April 1976- November 1977.
Member, Select Committee on Energy, 1980-1982. Jnr. Opp. Front Bench Spokesman on Industry, 1982-1983. Former member. House of Commons Select Committee on Nationalised Industries.
Member House of Lords, since 1983. Opp. Front Bench Spokesman on Energy, House of Lords, 1983-1988. Opp. Whip in House of Lords, 1983-1988.
Chairman, Campaign for an Independent Britain. Power station clerical worker, 1951-1970. Formerly member of various Boards, including Thames Valley Water Board, and Police Authority, and of the Court and Council, Reading University.
Member of National Joint Council for the Electricity Supply Industry, 1967-1970.
Interests
Connections
Spouse Jennifer Stoddart (née Percival-Alwyn), 1961.
