Charles Simeons

Charles Fitzmaurice Creighton Simeons DL (22 September 1921 – 3 August 2014) was a British Conservative Party politician and pollution control consultant.

[1][2] During the Second World War he joined the 52nd Field Regiment of the Royal Artillery, serving with the 8th Indian Division in the Middle East and at the headquarters of North-East Africa Command, prior to being demobilised as a major in 1946.

Before his election to parliament in 1970 he was the managing director of British Gelatine, which supplied products and materials for the photographic industry from its base in Luton.

While in parliament Simeons became known for his attention to local issues, campaigning on behalf of managers at the Vauxhall factory in his constituency and firmly opposing plans to expand Luton Airport.

The Daily Telegraph was later to describe him as "robust on law and order, calling for muggers - and dumpers of toxic waste - to be put in the stocks; he also vocally opposed enforced comprehensive education.