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- catalog abstract ""'Frankly, it would have been easier to lose. At the back of my mind I had worked out a little concession speech which would have congratulated Neil Hamilton, paid tribute to my supporters and claimed some credit in so safe a seat for turning a procession into an election.' Tired of warfare, tired of the BBC, Martin Bell was looking for new challenges and failing to find them. He was then suggested as a candidate for Neil Hamilton's parliamentary constituency of Tatton - the fourth safest Conservative seat in the country." "After the most unusual and quixotic campaign of recent memory, Martin Bell was elected to Parliament by a landslide as an Independent - a species thought to have been extinct since 1950." "An Accidental MP is an account of that campaign and the fascinating years in Parliament that followed - constituency work, committee work and trying to find an independent place in the traditional structures of the House of Commons. It is a unique perspective on democracy, the role of an individual within Parliament and a fresh, entertaining account of an entirely unexpected career."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11982564.
- catalog coverage "Great Britain Politics and government 1997-".
- catalog created "2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2000.".
- catalog description ""'Frankly, it would have been easier to lose. At the back of my mind I had worked out a little concession speech which would have congratulated Neil Hamilton, paid tribute to my supporters and claimed some credit in so safe a seat for turning a procession into an election.' Tired of warfare, tired of the BBC, Martin Bell was looking for new challenges and failing to find them. He was then suggested as a candidate for Neil Hamilton's parliamentary constituency of Tatton - the fourth safest Conservative seat in the country." "After the most unusual and quixotic campaign of recent memory, Martin Bell was elected to Parliament by a landslide as an Independent - a species thought to have been extinct since 1950." "An Accidental MP is an account of that campaign and the fascinating years in Parliament that followed - constituency work, committee work and trying to find an independent place in the traditional structures of the House of Commons. It is a unique perspective on democracy, the role of an individual within Parliament and a fresh, entertaining account of an entirely unexpected career."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibibliographical references and index.".
- catalog extent "230 p., [8] p. of plates :".
- catalog hasFormat "Accidental MP.".
- catalog identifier "0670892319".
- catalog isFormatOf "Accidental MP.".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "London : Viking,".
- catalog relation "Accidental MP.".
- catalog spatial "England".
- catalog spatial "Great Britain Politics and government 1997-".
- catalog subject "941.0859092 21".
- catalog subject "Bell, Martin, 1938-".
- catalog subject "DA591.B358 A3 2000".
- catalog subject "Politicians England Biography.".
- catalog title "An accidental MP / Martin Bell.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "text".