James Stewart Barry Henderson, usually known as Barry Henderson (born 29 April 1936) was a British Conservative Party

Conservative Party (UK)

The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...

 politician who served in the House of Commons for two periods, February to October 1974 and 1979 to 1987, both for Scottish

Scotland

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 constituencies.

Henderson was educated at Stowe

Stowe School

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. He worked as a computer systems advisor and at the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party

Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party

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 Central Office.

Henderson contested Edinburgh East

Edinburgh East (UK Parliament constituency)

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 at the 1966 general election

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. He was first elected as the Member of Parliament

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 (MP) for East Dunbartonshire

East Dunbartonshire (UK Parliament constituency)

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 at the February 1974 general election

United Kingdom general election, February 1974

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. Although a constituency of this name had existed before this election, because of large-scale boundary changes this was effectively a new constituency, and the sitting MP Hugh McCartney

Hugh McCartney

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 had moved to Central Dunbartonshire

Central Dunbartonshire (UK Parliament constituency)

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. However Henderson lost his seat at the October 1974 election

United Kingdom general election, October 1974

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, to Margaret Bain

Margaret Ewing

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 of the Scottish National Party

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, by only 22 votes.

At the 1979 general election

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, he was returned to Parliament

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 as MP for East Fife. After boundary changes for the 1983 general election

United Kingdom general election, 1983

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 he was elected for North East Fife

North East Fife (UK Parliament constituency)

North East Fife is a county constituency in Fife, Scotland, represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom currently held by Sir Menzies Campbell, former leader of the Liberal Democrats...

, which was largely the same constituency with only limited boundary changes. However he lost his seat at the 1987 general election

United Kingdom general election, 1987

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 to Menzies Campbell

Menzies Campbell

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 of the Liberal Democrats

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