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===First spell (1983β92)=== Howarth was first elected for the [[Cannock and Burntwood (UK Parliament constituency)|Cannock and Burntwood]] constituency in the Conservative landslide victory at the [[1983 United Kingdom general election|1983 general election]]. Allegations of far-right sympathies were made against Howarth in a controversial January 1984 ''[[Panorama (British TV programme)|Panorama]]'' programme, "[[Maggie's Militant Tendency]]". Howarth and his close friend [[Neil Hamilton (politician)|Neil Hamilton]] both successfully sued the BBC and were each awarded Β£20,000 damages for libel in October 1986, with their court costs paid.{{citation needed|date=February 2019}} Howarth was Parliamentary Private Secretary to [[Michael Spicer]] when Under-Secretary of State at the Department of Energy 1987β90, and as Minister of State, Department of the Environment in 1990. In November that year he voted for first of all Margaret Thatcher in the leadership election of the Conservative Party. When she resigned he voted for [[John Major]] to succeed her. He lost his seat at the [[1992 United Kingdom general election|1992 general election]]. He was absent from parliament for five years, but was re-elected at the [[1997 United Kingdom general election|1997 general election]] as MP for [[Aldershot (constituency)|Aldershot]]. [[File:Christopher Gill & Gerald Howarth MP.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Howarth and [[Christopher Gill]] (Conservative MP for Ludlow 1987β2001) demonstrating against the [[European Union]] in 2009.]]
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