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Tebbit, MP for constituencies of Epping and Chingford, was one of Margaret Thatcher’s most loyal supporters

The Conservative peer died peacefully in his home on Monday at the age of 94

As Conservative Party chairman, Norman Tebbit masterminded Margaret Thatcher’s third general election victory despite tensions with the PM.

The Conservative grandee was Margaret Thatcher’s enforcer ,nicknamed ‘The Chingford Skinhead’, and played a key role in Tory politics for a generation

The former Cabinet minister played key roles during Margaret Thatcher’s time in office.

Evening Standard analysis of all the key seats in London for the July 4 General Election

Jewish and Muslim identities are not signifiers of party loyalty – but the polarising vortex of Westminster seems determined to treat them as such, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

Although for decades he was greeted by cries of “on your bike” wherever he went, Norman Tebbit never told anyone to get on a bike, said John Elledge in The New Statesman. He merely recalled, at the Tory conference in 1981, that during the Depression, his father had pedalled around…

When the UK finally goes to the polls, the British-Pakistani-Fijian daughter of a car mechanic could win the seat that Iain Duncan Smith has held for more than 30 years. Some would see that as proof that anyone can succeed – but not Shaheen

His various tax reforms made under Thatcher helped move economic policy from Keynesianism to monetarism

Unlike her latest tribute act, the iron lady was an astute judge of public opinion, and an avoider of political traps, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty