Mark Woodnutt

Harold Frederick Martin Woodnutt (23 November 1918 - 6 November 1974) was a British Conservative Party politician, chartered secretary and company director.

He was Member of Parliament for the Isle of Wight from 1959 to 1974. In February of that year, he lost the seat by 7,766 votes to the Liberal candidate Stephen Ross despite having won a huge 17,326 majority over Labour in 1970. This was attributed to Woodnutt's involvement in a financial scandal involving Bembridge Harbour. Susequently, the Isle of Wight remained a marginal seat for many years. Nine months after his defeat, Woodnutt died at the age of 55.

References

Times Guide to the House of Commons 1974 The Almanac of British Politics 1999

Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages