Michael Irvine
Michael Fraser Irvine is a former British Conservative Party politician.
Political career
He stood for Bishop [Auckland (UK Parliament constituency)|Bishop Auckland] at the 1979 [United Kingdom general election|1979 general election], but was defeated by Labour's Derek Foster, [Baron Foster of Bishop Auckland|Derek Foster].Against the national trend, Irvine was elected Member of Parliament for Ipswich at the 1987 general election, unseating the Labour incumbent Kenneth Weetch. At the subsequent 1992 general election, however, Irvine lost the seat back to Labour's Jamie Cann.