John Watts (British politician)

For other people named John Watts, see John Watts (disambiguation).

John Arthur Watts (19 April 1947 – 8 September 2016) was a Conservative Party Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom House of Commons between 1983 and 1997.

John Watts
Minister of State for Transport
In office 20 July 1994 – 2 May 1997
Prime Minister	John Major
Preceded by	Roger Freeman
Succeeded by	Gavin Strang
Member of Parliament for Slough
In office 9 June 1983 – 8 April 1997
Preceded by	Joan Lestor
Succeeded by	Fiona Mactaggart
Personal details
Born	John Arthur Watts (1947-04-19)19 April 1947
Died	16 September 2016(2016-09-16) (aged 69)
Political party	Conservative

Watts was educated at Bishopshalt Grammar School, Hillingdon, and Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, where he chaired the Cambridge University Conservative Association.^[1] Following graduation he became a chartered accountant. After boundary changes in 1983, Watts defeated Joan Lestor, the former Labour MP for Eton and Slough, to win the new constituency of Slough. Watts decided not to contest the Slough seat at the 1997 General Election due to unfavourable boundary changes, and contested Reading East where the sitting Conservative MP was retiring; however, he was defeated by the Labour candidate, Jane Griffiths.

Watts died in September 2016 at the age of 69.^[2]