Jeremy William Bray was a British

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 Labour

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 politician and a Member of Parliament

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 for 31 years.

Bray was educated at Kingswood School

Kingswood School

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, Bath (1942–48) and Jesus College, Cambridge

Jesus College, Cambridge

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 and was a Choate Fellow at Harvard University

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. He also worked as a research officer at the Department of Applied Economics, Cambridge University, working with future Nobel Laureates Professor Sir Richard Stone

Richard Stone

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 and Terry Barker

Terry Barker

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 on the Cambridge Growth Project.

Bray contested Thirsk and Malton

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 in 1959. He was first elected MP for Middlesbrough West

Middlesbrough West (UK Parliament constituency)

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 in a 1962 by-election, serving there until 1970. He was then MP for Motherwell and Wishaw

Motherwell (UK Parliament constituency)

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 from October 1974 to 1983, and for Motherwell South

Motherwell South (UK Parliament constituency)

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 from 1983 until he retired in 1997.

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