Michael Reginald Harry Carttiss (born 11 March 1938) is a former British Conservative Party politician.
In the House of Commons Carttiss aligned himself with the Radical right of the Conservative Party, and was a backbench supporter of Margaret Thatcher through the 1980s at a time of upheaval in British politics.
[2] In the 1992 general election Carttiss was returned as the sitting MP in Great Yarmouth with a 5,309 majority (47.9% of the overall votes cast).
With the replacement of Margaret Thatcher in the Prime Ministerial office by John Major, a centrist Tory, Carttiss found himself in conflict with the parliamentary leadership of his party.
(Finance) Bill, with all but one of the other "Maastricht Rebels' doing the same, signaling the end of their stand and acquiescence to the Government's will in the matter.