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John Sever

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John Sever
MP for Birmingham Ladywood
In office
18 August 1977  1983
Personal details
Born (1943-04-01) 1 April 1943 (age 83)
PartyLabour

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]

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  1. 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.
  • Times Guide to the House of Commons, 1983
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