Anthony Meyer

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Anthony Meyer is a British politician and former Conservative Member of Parliament best known for mounting a symbolic leadership challenge against Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in 1989.

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instanceOf British politician
Member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for a Welsh constituency
human
causeOfNotability internal party leadership challenge
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
election Conservative Party leadership election 1989
surface form: 1989 Conservative Party (UK) leadership election
familyName Meyer
givenName Anthony
hasHonorificPrefix Sir
ideology pro-European conservatism
knownFor challenging Margaret Thatcher for the leadership of the Conservative Party in 1989
symbolic leadership challenge against Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOfPoliticalParty Conservative Party (UK)
notableWork backbench campaign for European integration within the Conservative Party
occupation politician
officeContested Leader of the Conservative Party (UK)
opponent Margaret Thatcher
parliament British Parliament
surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
partOf Conservative backbenchers
politicalAlignment Conservatism
positionHeld MP for Eton and Slough
MP for West Flintshire
Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom
represented constituency of Eton and Slough
Delyn constituency
surface form: constituency of West Flintshire
residence United Kingdom
sexOrGender male
workLocation City of Westminster
surface form: Westminster

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Stowe School hasAlumnus Anthony Meyer