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::Assistant to Edward Heath 1970; Conservative MP Skipton 1979; President [[British Youth Council]] 1980; Chairman [[British Atlantic Group of Young Political Leaders]] 1982; lost seat 1987; Leeds Development Corporation 1988; Bradford City Challenge 1992; Bradford Community NHS Trust 1996.<ref>Simon Matthews, [http://www.lobster-magazine.co.uk/online/issue42/lob42-03.htm Pissing in or pissing out? The 'big tent' of Green Alliance], Lobster 42, Winter 2001/2.</ref> | ::Assistant to Edward Heath 1970; Conservative MP Skipton 1979; President [[British Youth Council]] 1980; Chairman [[British Atlantic Group of Young Political Leaders]] 1982; lost seat 1987; Leeds Development Corporation 1988; Bradford City Challenge 1992; Bradford Community NHS Trust 1996.<ref>Simon Matthews, [http://www.lobster-magazine.co.uk/online/issue42/lob42-03.htm Pissing in or pissing out? The 'big tent' of Green Alliance], Lobster 42, Winter 2001/2.</ref> | ||
| − | Between 1996 and 2004 he was a Director of the Yorkshire Building Society, becoming the Society’s Vice Chairman in 2000.<ref>[http://www.hlf.org.uk/aboutus/decisionmakers/committees/Pages/JohnWatson.aspx Profile : John Watson (Chair)], Heritage Lottery Fund, 20 July 2010.</ref> | + | Between 1996 and 2004 he was a Director of the [[Yorkshire Building Society]], becoming the Society’s Vice Chairman in 2000.<ref>[http://www.hlf.org.uk/aboutus/decisionmakers/committees/Pages/JohnWatson.aspx Profile : John Watson (Chair)], Heritage Lottery Fund, 20 July 2010.</ref> |
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John Watson is a former Conservative MP.
He was MP for Skipton from 1979 to 1983, and for Skipton and Ripon from 1983 to 1987.[1]
Simon Matthews gives the following profile Watson in a Lobster article on Green Alliance:
- Assistant to Edward Heath 1970; Conservative MP Skipton 1979; President British Youth Council 1980; Chairman British Atlantic Group of Young Political Leaders 1982; lost seat 1987; Leeds Development Corporation 1988; Bradford City Challenge 1992; Bradford Community NHS Trust 1996.[2]
Between 1996 and 2004 he was a Director of the Yorkshire Building Society, becoming the Society’s Vice Chairman in 2000.[3]
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References
- ↑ John Watson, Esq, OBE, Debretts, accessed 20 July 2010.
- ↑ Simon Matthews, Pissing in or pissing out? The 'big tent' of Green Alliance, Lobster 42, Winter 2001/2.
- ↑ Profile : John Watson (Chair), Heritage Lottery Fund, 20 July 2010.
