Sir Derek Harold Spencer KC (31 March 1936 – 19 May 2023) was a British barrister and Conservative politician.
[5] After joining the chambers of Michael Havers, he was a barrister in the South Eastern Circuit.
[6] Spencer resigned from Camden council after he was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Leicester South constituency in the Conservative landslide of 1983,[1] by just 7 votes — the smallest margin in the country.
Spencer was elected for the marginal Brighton Pavilion seat in 1992,[2] when he was appointed Solicitor-General, and knighted in the 1992 Special Honours.
[5] As Solicitor General, he represented the government in several significant cases including Wingrove v UK (1997) about the application of blasphemy law under the Human Rights Act 1998.