Paul Marland (19 March 1940 – 7 April 2021) was a British Conservative politician who was a Member of Parliament (MP) for West Gloucestershire from 1979 to 1997.
[1] Marland worked for Hopes Metal Windows in 1964, followed by a spell at the London Press Exchange from 1965 to 1966.
At the February and October 1974 elections, Marland fought the marginal seat of West Gloucestershire, but lost.
He became a Member of Parliament on his fourth attempt, gaining the seat from Labour in 1979, at an election which saw his party return to power nationally.
He served as an MP until 1997, when his seat was abolished by boundary changes; as a result he stood in the new Forest of Dean constituency, but lost to Labour's Diana Organ.