Member of Parliament
He was elected as a Member of Parliament at the 1979 general election for the Lincolnshire seat of Grantham, following the retirement of the sitting Conservative MP Joseph Godber.
The Grantham seat was abolished at the 1997 general election; however, Hogg stood and was elected as MP for Sleaford and North Hykeham in 1997.
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