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Political Career

In this line: "He was succeeded as the Baby of the House on April 9, 1981 when Volunteer Bobby Sands was elected at the April 1981 Fermanagh and South Tyrone by-election" what does Volunteer mean? I do not think that this is relevant to this article on Stephen Dorrell, and I am removing it. Tozznok (talk) 16:25, 10 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

"Lives within his Constituency"

According to my voting card last year he lives in the Worcester Constituency, has something changed? 82.23.162.241 (talk) 00:06, 8 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Criticisms of Business Practice.

I intend to expand and rename the Business interests this as it has received a lot of publicity and is cited as a reason why Dorrell may not have joined the Tory front bench. He certainly has the ability and experience. JRPG (talk) 09:46, 2 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]