Politics
After joining the Young Conservatives in 1955, Bendall was Vice-Chairman of Croydon South Young Conservatives in 1965 and Chairman of Greater London Young Conservatives in 1967. He was elected to Croydon Borough Council when it was created as a London Borough in 1964, serving until 1974, and also represented Croydon on the Greater London Council from 1970 to 1973. At the February 1974 general election he stood for the Conservative Party in Hertford and Stevenage, losing to prominent Labour MP Shirley Williams by 8,176 votes; a second try in October 1974 saw defeat by 9,046.
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