David Anthony Gerald Sumberg (born 2 June 1941) is a British politician, and former Member of the European Parliament for the North West England region for the Conservative Party.
[1] Before this he was the Member of Parliament for Bury South, north of Manchester, from 1983 to 1997 when he lost in the Labour landslide to Ivan Lewis.
Prior to his election to Westminster, he stood unsuccessfully for Manchester Wythenshawe in 1979, being beaten by Labour's Alf Morris.
As an MP he acted as the Parliamentary Private Secretary for the Attorney General, Sir Patrick Mayhew.
He held on to his seat in 1992 with a majority of 788 votes over Labour's Hazel Blears, making Bury South one of the most marginal in the country.