Fred Silvester


Frederick John Silvester is a retired British Conservative Party politician.
Silvester contested the Walthamstow West parliamentary constituency in 1966; he was elected a Member of Parliament at the Walthamstow West by-election in 1967, but lost the seat at the 1970 general election. He was returned to Parliament at the February 1974 general election as MP for Manchester Withington, and held that seat but he was defeated at the 1987 general election by Labour's Keith Bradley.
Fred Silvester is a major character in the play "This House" which depicts the 1974-79 UK Parliaments.