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October 2013</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/David_Cameron" title="David Cameron">David Cameron</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mark_Francois" title="Mark Francois">Mark Francois</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Desmond_Swayne" title="Desmond Swayne">Desmond Swayne</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a 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href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Margaret_Thatcher" title="Margaret Thatcher">Margaret Thatcher</a><br /><a href="/wiki/John_Major" title="John Major">John Major</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Michael_Fallon" title="Michael Fallon">Michael Fallon</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Andrew_MacKay" title="Andrew MacKay">Andrew MacKay</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">Member of Parliament</a> <br /> for <a href="/wiki/East_Yorkshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="East Yorkshire (UK Parliament constituency)">East Yorkshire</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />7 June 2001 – 30 May 2024</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/John_Townend" title="John Townend">John Townend</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><i>Constituency abolished</i></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">Member of Parliament</a> <br /> for <a href="/wiki/Derby_North" class="mw-redirect" title="Derby North">Derby North</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />9 June 1983 – 8 April 1997</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Phillip_Whitehead" title="Phillip Whitehead">Phillip Whitehead</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bob_Laxton" title="Bob Laxton">Bob Laxton</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1949-04-04</span>) </span>4 April 1949<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 75)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Blaby_(district)" class="mw-redirect" title="Blaby (district)">Blaby</a>, <a href="/wiki/Leicestershire" title="Leicestershire">Leicestershire</a>, England</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data">Janet Ormond<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Law" title="University of Law">The College of Law</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Profession</th><td class="infobox-data">Solicitor</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.gregknight.com/">www.gregknight.com</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Sir Gregory Knight</b> (born 4 April 1949) is a British politician, author and musician. He served as the <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> MP for <a href="/wiki/East_Yorkshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="East Yorkshire (UK Parliament constituency)">East Yorkshire</a> from <a href="/wiki/2001_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2001 United Kingdom general election">2001</a> to <a href="/wiki/2024_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2024 United Kingdom general election">2024</a>, having previously served as the MP for <a href="/wiki/Derby_North" class="mw-redirect" title="Derby North">Derby North</a> from <a href="/wiki/1983_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1983 United Kingdom general election">1983</a> to <a href="/wiki/1997_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1997 United Kingdom general election">1997</a>. He also served as a minister in the governments of <a href="/wiki/Margaret_Thatcher" title="Margaret Thatcher">Margaret Thatcher</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Major" title="John Major">John Major</a> and <a href="/wiki/David_Cameron" title="David Cameron">David Cameron</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education_and_professional_life">Education and professional life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Greg_Knight&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Education and professional life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Born in <a href="/wiki/Blaby_(district)" class="mw-redirect" title="Blaby (district)">Blaby</a>, Leicestershire, Knight was educated at <a href="/wiki/Alderman_Newton%27s_School" title="Alderman Newton's School">Alderman Newton's Grammar School</a>, <a href="/wiki/Leicester" title="Leicester">Leicester</a>, and the College of Law Guildford, qualifying as a solicitor in 1973. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_career">Political career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Greg_Knight&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Political career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 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message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Knight served as a Leicester City Councillor for Castle Ward and Leicestershire County Councillor for Evington Division from 1976 to 1981. </p><p>He was MP for <a href="/wiki/Derby_North" class="mw-redirect" title="Derby North">Derby North</a> from 1983 until the 1997 election, when he lost his seat. He returned to the <a href="/wiki/British_House_of_Commons" class="mw-redirect" title="British House of Commons">House of Commons</a> in 2001 after successfully contesting the <a href="/wiki/East_Yorkshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="East Yorkshire (UK Parliament constituency)">East Yorkshire</a> seat. </p><p>As a backbencher, in the 1980s, he succeeded in amending licensing law in England and Wales by doubling '<a href="/wiki/Drinking_up_time" class="mw-redirect" title="Drinking up time">drinking up time</a>' on licensed premises from ten to twenty minutes, a concession that was welcomed by the industry and drinkers alike. However the 2003 Licensing Act ended standard permitted hours and provides for an unspecified drinking up time determined by the licensee's discretion. </p><p>He is in favour of bringing back <a href="/wiki/Capital_punishment_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Capital punishment in the United Kingdom">capital punishment</a> and spoke out against the <a href="/wiki/Apartheid" title="Apartheid">apartheid</a> government of South Africa during the 1980s. </p><p>He was deputy <a href="/wiki/Chief_Whip" title="Chief Whip">Chief Whip</a> under <a href="/wiki/John_Major" title="John Major">John Major</a> between 1993 and 1996 and <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_State" title="Minister of State">Minister of State</a> for Industry at the <a href="/wiki/Department_of_Trade_and_Industry_(United_Kingdom)" title="Department of Trade and Industry (United Kingdom)">Department of Trade and Industry</a> from 1996 until the Conservative defeat at the 1997 election. He was made a <a href="/wiki/Her_Majesty%27s_Most_Honourable_Privy_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council">Privy Councillor</a> in 1995, entitling him to the style "Right Honourable".<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He served under <a href="/wiki/Michael_Howard" title="Michael Howard">Michael Howard</a> as a shadow minister for Environment and Transport until 2005. In the 2005–10 Parliament, he was chairman of the <a href="/wiki/British_House_of_Commons" class="mw-redirect" title="British House of Commons">House of Commons</a> <a href="/wiki/Procedure_Committee" title="Procedure Committee">Procedure Committee</a> and on four other House of Commons select committees: the <a href="/wiki/Liaison_Committee_(House_of_Commons_of_the_United_Kingdom)" title="Liaison Committee (House of Commons of the United Kingdom)">Liaison Committee</a>, <a href="/wiki/Administration_Committee" title="Administration Committee">Administration Committee</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Select_Committee_on_the_Modernisation_of_the_House_of_Commons" title="Select Committee on the Modernisation of the House of Commons">Committee on Modernisation of the House</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Standards_and_Privileges_Committee" title="Standards and Privileges Committee">Standards and Privileges Committee</a>. He was re-elected unopposed to the chair of the Procedure Committee in 2010. </p><p>In 2009, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Daily_Telegraph" title="The Daily Telegraph">The Daily Telegraph</a></i> reported that Knight had claimed £2,600 in expenses for "driveway repairs" at his constituency home, though Knight stated that his cars were kept separately and paid for out of his own pocket.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Knight has successfully piloted two of his Private Members Bills into law. In 2011, he was successful in taking through Parliament the <a href="/wiki/Estates_of_Deceased_Persons_(Forfeiture_Rule_and_Law_of_Succession)_Act_2011" title="Estates of Deceased Persons (Forfeiture Rule and Law of Succession) Act 2011">Estates of Deceased Persons (Forfeiture Rule and Law of Succession) Act 2011</a>, a bill to make the distribution of estates fairer.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He rejoined the government in September 2012 as a senior whip and Vice Chamberlain of the Royal Household, a position he held until October 2013. </p><p>Knight is a <a href="/wiki/Eurosceptic" class="mw-redirect" title="Eurosceptic">Eurosceptic</a> and is in favour of <a href="/wiki/Brexit" title="Brexit">Brexit</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2018, he introduced his second Private Member's Bill, the Parking (Code of Practice) Bill, which mandates the Government to introduce a statutory code of practice for the operators of private car parks, to require transparency and good practice to ensure that motorists are not treated unreasonably. The bill was passed by Parliament and became an Act in March 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Knight has argued in Parliament for "<a href="/wiki/British_Summer_Time" title="British Summer Time">double summertime</a>", which would see the clocks go forward by two hours during summer.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He is Secretary of the <a href="/wiki/British_American_Parliamentary_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="British American Parliamentary Group">British American Parliamentary Group</a>, one of the largest and most active all-party groups at Westminster. An avid motorist, he is critical of initiatives seen as 'anti-car', such as <a href="/wiki/Congestion_charging" class="mw-redirect" title="Congestion charging">congestion charging</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pedestrianisation" class="mw-redirect" title="Pedestrianisation">pedestrianisation</a> schemes, <a href="/wiki/Speed_humps" class="mw-redirect" title="Speed humps">speed humps</a> and some '<a href="/wiki/Park_and_ride" title="Park and ride">park and ride</a>' proposals. He is chairman of the All-Party Parliamentary Historic Vehicles Group<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and successfully called on the Government to exempt historic vehicles from <a href="/wiki/MOT_test" title="MOT test">MOT tests</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2011, he was shortlisted as the 'Industry Champion of the Year' by the International Historic Motoring Awards, for his work in supporting the historic and <a href="/wiki/Classic_car" title="Classic car">classic car</a> movement.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Knight announced in June 2023 that he would stand down at the <a href="/wiki/2024_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2024 United Kingdom general election">2024 general election</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Greg_Knight&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He plays the drums and is a founder member of <a href="/wiki/MP4_(band)" title="MP4 (band)">MP4</a><sup id="cite_ref-MP4_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MP4-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>—the world's only parliamentary rock group. The others are fellow former MPs <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Brennan_(politician)" title="Kevin Brennan (politician)">Kevin Brennan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ian_Cawsey" title="Ian Cawsey">Ian Cawsey</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pete_Wishart" title="Pete Wishart">Peter Wishart</a> MP. Whilst he was a Leicester councillor, he co-wrote and played on "It's a Leicester Fiesta" (1979).<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He has backed several other artists on the drums in live shows including <a href="/wiki/George_McCrae" title="George McCrae">George McCrae</a> and <a href="/wiki/Fergal_Sharkey" class="mw-redirect" title="Fergal Sharkey">Fergal Sharkey</a><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and, in the studio, he played drums backing <a href="/wiki/KT_Tunstall" title="KT Tunstall">KT Tunstall</a>, <a href="/wiki/Steve_Harley" title="Steve Harley">Steve Harley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ricky_Wilson_(singer)" title="Ricky Wilson (singer)">Ricky Wilson</a> and <a href="/wiki/David_Gray_(British_musician)" title="David Gray (British musician)">David Gray</a> on the charity single "<a href="/wiki/You_Can%27t_Always_Get_What_You_Want" title="You Can't Always Get What You Want">You Can't Always Get What You Want</a>" released in December 2016 by <a href="/wiki/Chrysalis_Records" title="Chrysalis Records">Chrysalis Records</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Honours">Honours</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Greg_Knight&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Honours"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom"><img alt="United Kingdom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> In 1995, he was sworn in as a member of <a href="/wiki/Her_Majesty%27s_Most_Honourable_Privy_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council">Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council</a>. This gave him the <a href="/wiki/Honorific" title="Honorific">Honorific Title</a> "<a href="/wiki/The_Right_Honourable" title="The Right Honourable">The Right Honourable</a>" for life.</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom"><img alt="United Kingdom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> In <a href="/wiki/2013_Special_Honours" title="2013 Special Honours">October 2013</a>, he was awarded a <a href="/wiki/Knight_Bachelor" title="Knight Bachelor">Knighthood</a> for political service. This gave him the <a href="/wiki/Honorific" title="Honorific">Honorific Title</a> "<a href="/wiki/Sir" title="Sir">Sir</a>" for life.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Publications">Publications</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Greg_Knight&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Publications"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>Westminster Words</i> (1988), published by Buchan and Enright</li> <li><i>Honourable Insults</i> (1990), published by Robson Books</li> <li><i>Parliamentary Sauce</i> (1993), published by Robson Books</li> <li><i>Right Honourable Insults</i> (1998), published by Chrysalis Books</li> <li><i>Naughty Graffiti</i> (2005), published by Anova Books</li> <li><i>Dishonourable Insults</i> (2011), published by The Robson Press (<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em 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.cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781849541619" title="Special:BookSources/9781849541619">9781849541619</a>)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Greg_Knight&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110421000243/http://www.driffieldintouch.com/news/126/">"Siedmere event hailed a success – "also enjoying the evening were the Rt Hon Greg Knight, MP, his wife Janet"<span class="cs1-kern-right"></span>"</a>. driffieldintouch.com. 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