Background
THOMPSON, Donald was born on November 3, 1931 in . Parents: the late Geoffrey Thompson.
THOMPSON, Donald was born on November 3, 1931 in . Parents: the late Geoffrey Thompson.
Hipperholme Grammar School.
Councillor. West Riding County Council, 1967, Chairman Further Education Committee. 1970; Councillor, West Yorkshire County Council, 1973. Chairman, Conservative Candidates Association, 1972-1974.
Councillor, Calderdale District Council, 1974. Member of Parliament for Sowerby, 1979-1983, and for Calder Valley, since 1983. Assistant Government Whip, 1981.
Lord Commissioner of the Treasury, 1983. Parliamentary Secretary, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, 90. Government Whip, Council of Europe. since 1990.
Farmer, 1951-1960; butcher, 1960-1974. Managing Director, Armadillo Plastics, Brighouse, 1974-1979.
Clubs: St. Stephen’s Constitutional Club.