John Heddle

Bentley John Heddle was a British Conservative Party politician.

Political career

Heddle contested Gateshead West in February 1974, being beaten by Labour's John Horam. In October 1974 he stood in Bolton East, but was again defeated.
He was Member of Parliament for Lichfield and Tamworth from 1979 to 1983, and for Mid Staffordshire from 1983.

Death

Early on 19 December 1989, Heddle was found dead in his car in a chalk pit near Chartham in Kent. A hose was found connected to the car's exhaust pipe. The death was ruled a suicide; he reportedly killed himself owing to the debts of his property businesses. The subsequent by-election was won by Labour's Sylvia Heal.