Parliamentary Career
Temple-Morris was selected as the Conservative candidate for Newport (Monmouthshire) in 1964, Epping in April 1968 and Norwood in 1970. In February 1974, he was elected for Leominster, having been selected for the seat in March 1973. That same year, he was appointed Vice-Chairman, Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (UK Branch). In 1979, he was appointed Private Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Transport, Norman Fowler, Executive Member, Inter-Parliamentary Union (British Group) and Founding Co-Chairman, British-Irish Inter-Parliamentary Body. He was a member of the Select Committees on Agriculture (1982–83) and on Foreign Affairs (1987–90). He stayed an MP until 2001, although he moved from Conservative to Labour on 20 June 1998.
He was a strong supporter of Michael Heseltine.
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