Sir James Theodore Lester (23 May 1932 – 31 October 2021) was a British Conservative Party politician.
He contested the seat again at the 1970 general election, but Ashton stretched his advantage to 8,261 votes.
He was member of parliament (MP) for Beeston between February 1974 and 1983, then for Broxtowe until the 1997 election, when he lost his seat to Labour.
During his time in the House of Commons, he served as a party whip and a junior employment minister.
This article about a Conservative Member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom representing an English constituency and born in the 1930s is a stub.