Education
Born in Worcestershire, England, Jerry Wiggin was educated at , followed by Trinity College, Cambridge. He became a farmer in Clevelode in his native Worcestershire.
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Jerry Wiggin
Edit Profilepolitician Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom
Career
Wiggin contested Montgomeryshire in 1964 and 1966. He defeated Tom King in the selection contest for this by-election. He served until he retired at the 1997 general election.
In May 1995, Wiggin apologised to the House of Commons for having tabled amendments to a bill in Standing Committee in the name of fellow MP Sebastian Coe, but without Coe's knowledge or consent. The amendment -to safeguard gas supplies to caravan sites benefited a lobbying group which employed Wiggin as a consultant. William Rees-Mogg described Wiggin as “a shrewd politician — though perhaps closer to the intellectual tone of the rugby XV than of All Souls”.
Wiggin was the father of Bill Wiggin, the Conservative MP for North Herefordshire. He died suddenly on 12 March 2015, aged 78.
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Wiggin was a junior Armed Forces minister from 1981 to 1983 and defended the withdrawal of HMS Endurance from the South Atlantic which, according to The Times, was seen as the trigger for the 1982 Falklands war.
Membership
[44th United Kingdom Parliament. 45th United Kingdom Parliament. 46th United Kingdom Parliament.
47th United Kingdom Parliament. 48th United Kingdom Parliament. 49th United Kingdom Parliament.
50th United Kingdom Parliament. 51st United Kingdom Parliament]
He became Member of Parliament (MP) for Weston-super-Mare in the 1969 by-election after the death of David Webster.
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Political Party
Conservative Party