Edward Leigh
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Sir Edward Julian Egerton Leigh is a British Conservative Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Gainsborough, previously Gainsborough and Horncastle, since 1983. Parliament's long
Official portrait, 2020
Maastricht Rebels
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The Maastricht Rebels were British Members of Parliament belonging to the then governing Conservative Party who refused to support the government of Prime Minister John Major in a series of votes in t
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…2024, Leigh is styled Father of the House. Leigh has been called a "serial rebel" has often voted against his own party. He was one of the original Maastricht Rebels and was reportedly sacked for organising Euro-rebels among ministers. In 2003 Leigh opposed military intervention in Iraq; he has since called for those…
Prime Minister John Major fought for the ratification of the Maastricht Treaty.
John Major Feb. 1993
John Major 1993