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| - Sir Nicholas Paul Scott PC (5 August 1933 – 6 January 2005), also known as Nick Scott, was a British Conservative Party politician. He served as a councillor on Holborn Borough Council 1956–59 and 1962–65. He entered the House of Commons on his third attempt, at the 1966 general election. He was returned as Member of Parliament (MP) for the Paddington South constituency, beating Labour's Conrad Russell. When his seat was abolished in boundary changes for the February 1974 election, he stood in the new Paddington seat, but lost to the outgoing Paddington North MP Arthur Latham.However, Marcus Worsley, the MP for the safe Conservative seat of Chelsea, decided to retire. Scott was selected as the new Conservative candidate, and at the October 1974 general election. Scott remained MP for Chelsea until the seat was abolished at the 1997 general election. More information on the Wikipedia page [1].
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