Jocelyn Cadbury
Jocelyn Benedict Laurence Cadbury was a British Conservative Party politician.
Early life and education
Jocelyn Cadbury was born in Birmingham in 1946, the son of Laurence Cadbury and Joyce, and the younger brother of Adrian Cadbury and Dominic Cadbury. He was educated at Eton College and at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated with a degree in Economics and Anthropology. Alongside his studies, he was a keen rower.In 1970, he began working as an industrial relations officer at Lucas Industries in Birmingham. From 1974, he worked for Cadbury, firstly as a foreman doing shift work on the production line at the Somerdale Factory in Keynsham, and then as a production manager at Bournville.
Political career
At the 1979 general election, on his second attempt, Cadbury was elected Member of Parliament for Birmingham Northfield, defeating Labour incumbent Raymond Carter. It was one of the Conservatives' best and most surprising results in that election, as a Labour majority of 10,597 was overturned into a Conservative one of 204 on a 10.2% swing.Cadbury argued for an alternative economic strategy to help manufacturing industry. Together with other Conservative MPs, he supported a September 1981 pamphlet called "Changing Gear", which criticised the government's economic approach.
In November 1981, Cadbury was appointed as Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Minister of State for Industry, Norman Lamont.