Christopher Norwood

Christopher Bonnewell Burton Norwood (17 December 1932 14 November 1972) was a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom.

Christopher Norwood
Member of Parliament
for Norwich South
In office
15 October 1964  29 May 1970
Preceded byGeoffrey Rippon
Succeeded byThomas Stuttaford
Personal details
Born(1932-12-17)17 December 1932
Died14 November 1972(1972-11-14) (aged 39)
Political partyLabour
SpouseBeryl
Children1
EducationWhitgift School
Alma materGonville and Caius College, Cambridge (BA)

Norwood was educated at Whitgift School, Croydon and Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, whence he graduated with a BA in 1953. Following university Norwood worked firstly as a management trainee, then assumed various positions at the National Coal Board (NCB) before finding employment in the economic projection section of the Central Electricity Generating Board (CEGB). Having previously contested Sutton Coldfield in 1955 and Bromsgrove in 1959, at the 1964 general election he was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Norwich South, serving until he stood down in 1970.[1] Norwood died suddenly two years later aged 39, leaving behind one son by his ex-wife Beryl.

Footnotes

  1. "NORWOOD, Christopher Bonnewell Burton". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 2018 (online ed.). A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

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