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John David Sykes (born 24 August 1956), was British Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Scarborough from 1992 to 1997. Following boundary changes at the 1997 general election, Sykes contested the redrawn seat of Scarborough and Whitby, but in an upset lost to the Labour candidate Lawrie Quinn.

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Times Guide to the House of Commons, Times Newspapers Limited, 1997

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Preceded by Sir Michael Shaw	Member of Parliament for Scarborough 1992–1997	Succeeded by constituency abolished

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-'''John David Sykes''' (born 24 August 1956), [[United Kingdom|British]] [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] [[Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Scarborough (UK Parliament constituency)|Scarborough]] from 1992 until 1997.  At the [[United Kingdom general election, 1997|1997 general election]], he stood for the new [[Scarborough and Whitby (UK Parliament constituency)|Scarborough and Whitby]] constituency, losing to [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]'s [[Lawrie Quinn]].
+'''John David Sykes''' (born 24 August 1956), was [[United Kingdom|British]] [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] [[Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Scarborough (UK Parliament constituency)|Scarborough]] from 1992 to 1997.  Following boundary changes at the [[United Kingdom general election, 1997|1997 general election]], Sykes contested the redrawn seat of [[Scarborough and Whitby (UK Parliament constituency)|Scarborough and Whitby]],  but in an upset lost to the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] candidate [[Lawrie Quinn]].
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