Barry Henderson

James Stewart Barry Henderson (born 29 April 1936) is a former British Conservative Party politician who served in the House of Commons on two occasions, February–October 1974 and 1979–87, both for Scottish constituencies.

James Henderson MP
Member of Parliament for East Dunbartonshire
In office 28 February 1974 – 20 September 1974
Preceded by	Hugh McCartney
Succeeded by	Margaret Ewing
Member of Parliament North East Fife for East Fife (1979-1983)
In office 3 May 1979 – 18 May 1987
Preceded by	Sir John Gilmour, 3rd Baronet
Succeeded by	Menzies Campbell
Personal details
Born	(1936-04-29) 29 April 1936
Political party	Conservative
Alma mater	Stowe School

Early life

Henderson was educated at Stowe. He worked as a computer systems advisor and at the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party Central Office.

Parliamentary career

Henderson contested Edinburgh East at the 1966 general election. He was first elected as the Member of Parliament for East Dunbartonshire at the February 1974 general election. Although a constituency of this name had existed before that election, this was in effect a new constituency because of large-scale boundary changes, and the sitting MP Hugh McCartney had moved to Central Dunbartonshire. However, Henderson lost his seat at the October 1974 election, to Margaret Bain of the Scottish National Party, by just 22 votes.

At the 1979 general election, he was returned to Parliament as the MP for East Fife. After boundary changes for the 1983 general election, he was elected for North East Fife, which was largely the same constituency with only limited boundary changes. However, Henderson lost his seat at the 1987 general election to Menzies Campbell of the Liberal Democrats. Campbell would remain as the MP for the constituency until his retirement from the Commons 28 years later in 2015.

References

• Times Guide to the House of Commons June 1987
• Who's Who 2007

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Barry Henderson