Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
In office 4 July 1989 – 28 July 1990
Prime Minister
Margaret Thatcher
Preceded by
Peter Viggers
Succeeded by
The Lord Skelmersdale
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport
In office 23 January 1986 – 24 July 1989
Prime Minister
Margaret Thatcher
Preceded by
Michael Spicer
Succeeded by
Patrick McLoughlin
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Employment
In office 11 September 1984 – 23 January 1986
Prime Minister
Margaret Thatcher
Preceded by
John Gummer
Succeeded by
David Trippier
Member of Parliament for Worthing West
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 May 1997
Preceded by
Constituency created
Majority
14,823 (27.1%)
Member of Parliament for Eltham (1983–1997) Woolwich West (1975–1983)
In office 26 June 1975 – 8 April 1997
Preceded by
William Hamling
Succeeded by
Clive Efford
Personal details
Born
(1944-07-30) 30 July 1944 (age 79) Newport, Shropshire, England
Political party
Conservative
Spouse
Virginia Garnett
(m. 1967)
Children
3
Parents
Sir James Bottomley (father)
Barbara Bottomley (mother)
Alma mater
Trinity College, Cambridge
Website
www.sirpeterbottomley.com
Bottomley's voice
from the BBC programme Front Row, 25 April 2013[1]
Sir Peter James Bottomley (born 30 July 1944) is a British Conservative Party politician who has served as a Member of Parliament (MP) since 1975, and who currently represents Worthing West. First elected at a by-election in the former constituency of Woolwich West, he served as its MP until its abolition at the 1983 general election, and then for the Eltham constituency which replaced it, until 1997. He moved to his current constituency at the 1997 general election.
Following the 2019 general election, Bottomley became the longest-serving MP and therefore Father of the House.
^"Peter Bottomley". Front Row. 25 April 2013. BBC Radio 4. Archived from the original on 7 June 2013. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
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