Having made his maiden speech on 3 April, just before the house rose for the election, he was re-elected a few weeks later and from 1983 held the Mossley Hill seat until he stood down from the commons in 1997, 18 years after the by-election.
hˌævɪŋ mˌeɪd hɪz mˈeɪdən spˈiːtʃ ˌɔn θɹˈiː ˈeɪpɹəl, dʒˈʌst bᵻfˌoːɹ ðə hˈaʊs ɹˈoʊz fɚðɪ ᵻlˈɛkʃən, hiː wʌz ɹˌiːᵻlˈɛktᵻd ɐ fjˈuː wˈiːks lˈeɪɾɚ ænd fɹʌm nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd ˈeɪɾi θɹˈiː hˈɛld ðə mˈɔsli hˈɪl sˈiːt ʌntˈɪl hiː stˈʊd dˌaʊn fɹʌmðə kˈɑːmənz ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪnti sˈɛvən, ˈeɪtiːn jˈɪɹz ˈæftɚ ðə baɪᵻlˈɛkʃən.