David Shaw died after a long illness on August 23, 2022, at the age of 71.
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He was a British politician who served as a Member of Parliament. He was the Conservative Member for Dover from the 1987 general election until the 1997 election when he lost the seat to Gwyn Prosser of Labour.

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He was one of the first British Members of Parliament to use the internet to communicate. At the 2001 general elections, he stood in the London constituency of Kingston and Surbiton against the Liberal Democrat MP, Edward Davey, who was defending a majority of just 56 from the election four years earlier.
In the event, Davey held the seat with a majority increased by over 15,000.


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