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Eric John Sever (born 1 April 1943) is a former Labour Party politician in England.

Sever was elected Member of Parliament for Birmingham Ladywood at a by-election in 1977. He served until 1983, having been deselected in 1981 as prospective Labour candidate in favour of Albert Bore.^[1] Sever instead stood in Meriden, a safe seat for the Conservative Party, where he lost by 15,018 votes.^{[citation needed]}

References

↑ However, subsequent parliamentary boundary changes (under the Third Periodic Review), under which the neighbouring constituency of Birmingham Handsworth largely was merged with Ladywood, led to Bore being replaced by Clare Short, who had previously been selected as Labour candidate in Handsworth.

Preceded by

Member of Parliament for Birmingham Ladywood
1977 – 1983

Succeeded by

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