Sir David Amess: A life in politics for the Essex MP
Sir David, 69, had been an MP for 38 years having first been elected to parliament in 1983.
Monday 22 November 2021 09:06, UK
He never held a ministerial role during his long parliamentary career, although he was a parliamentary private secretary (PPS) to former ministers Edwina Currie and Michael Portillo in the late 1980s.