Sir John Stanley obituary
Long-serving Conservative MP and minister who was an ultra-loyalist during the Thatcher years John Stanley, who has died aged 83, was one of the longest-serving postwar MPs, representing the Kent commuter belt constituency of Tonbridge and Malling for 41 years, but had a hapless reputation as a minister. Although he never became a cabinet minister, Stanley played a part in some of the most contentious issues of the Thatcher years. An ultra-loyalist, even before he became an M
Long-serving Conservative MP and minister who was an ultra-loyalist during the Thatcher years John Stanley, who has died aged 83, was one of the longest-serving postwar MPs, representing the Kent commuter belt constituency of Tonbridge and Malling for 41 years, but had a hapless reputation as a minister. Although he never became a cabinet minister, Stanley played a part in some of the most contentious issues of the Thatcher years. An ultra-loyalist, even before he became an M
