12 Facts About Roy Thomason

Kenneth Roy Thomason, was a British Conservative Party politician.

Roy Thomason was a local government leader and served one term as a Member of Parliament.

Roy Thomason was educated at Cheney School in Oxford and trained as a Solicitor at the College of Law, being admitted to the Roll of Solicitors in 1969.

Between 1988 and 1991 Roy Thomason served on the National Union of Conservative and Unionist Associations Executive, a Conservative body which administered the party.

Roy Thomason was selected to follow Sir Hal Miller as candidate for the safe seat of Bromsgrove, and won the seat with a 13,702 majority in the 1992 election.

Roy Thomason was one of 26 new Conservative MPs to sign an Early Day Motion put down by Eurosceptics calling for a "fresh start" in Britain's negotiations with the European Communities, but was not a hardened eurosceptic and signed an open letter calling for support for the 'paving motion' on the Maastricht Treaty in November 1992.

Roy Thomason resigned from the Carlton Club in December 1994 at a time of a dispute over the admission of women, although newspapers suspected this was because he could not justify the cost of membership.

Roy Thomason was censured by the House of Commons Select Committee on Standards and Privileges for failing to declare loans made to him.

Roy Thomason decided not to re-stand after the local Conservative Association opened nominations to other candidates.

On 18 September 1996, Roy Thomason decided he would not offer himself as a candidate for reselection and would stand down as an MP.

Roy Thomason served as chairman of London Strategic Housing, a Housing Association.

Roy Thomason died on 16 October 2024, at the age of 79.