Tim Sainsbury

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The Right Honourable Sir Timothy Alan Davan Sainsbury (born June 11, 1932) is a politician and businessman in the United Kingdom.

The Sainsbury family of which he is a member owns approximately 35% of the Sainsbury supermarket chain. Timothy Sainsbury was a member of the board from 1962 to 1983. He was Conservative Member of Parliament for Hove from 1973 to 1997, and served as a junior minister.

His daughter, Camilla is married to Shaun Woodward, an MP who defected from the Tories to Labour, and he is a patron of the Tory Reform Group. He also has two sons, James and Alex.

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 | title  = Member of Parliament for Hove
 | years  = 19731997
 | before = Martin Maddan
 | after  = Ivor Caplin

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