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12 Facts About Neville Trotter

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Neville Trotter was educated at Shrewsbury School and King's College, Durham.

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Neville Trotter was a member of Newcastle City Council from 1963 to 1974, and Tyne and Wear County Council from 1973 to 1974.

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Neville Trotter fought the safe Labour seat of Consett in 1970, but came a distant second to the incumbent, David Watkins.

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Neville Trotter was elected as MP for Tynemouth at the February 1974 general election until he retired at the 1997 election.

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Neville Trotter was a member of the Expenditure Committee and the Defence Committee.

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Neville Trotter is the most recent Conservative MP representing a constituency in Tyne and Wear.

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Neville Trotter was a consultant at Thornton Baker from 1974 to 1983, and at Grant Thornton, Chartered Accountants from 1983 to 2005.

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Neville Trotter was made a knight 1997, the same year he became a deputy lieutenant.

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Neville Trotter became a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society in 1998.

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Neville Trotter was made a Freeman of the City of London in 1978.

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Neville Trotter's recreations are aviation, gardening, fell-walking, the study of foreign affairs, defence and industry.

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Neville Trotter is a member of the Royal Air Force and Northern Counties clubs.