Totnes MP Was "Spy"
It's alleged an MP for Totnes in the 1960s provided information to communist spies in return for money.
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Calls for investigation in to MP spying claims: Full report
by Bob CrwuysThere are calls for an investigation into claims that a former West country Conservative MP was also spying for the Communists during the Cold War. It's alleged that Ray Mawby, who was the Tory MP for Totnes until 1983, was also working for the Government in Czechoslovakia.
Mr Mawby, who died in 1990, served as a Junior Minister in the 1960s. He was apparently given the codename Laval by his handlers. Now a senior Conservative MP has demanded an investigation into the claims.
Devon MP "spied for Czechs"
Demands for inquiry over allegations that Raymond Mawby, deceased Totnes MP, spied for Czechs
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Demands for inquiry over MP spy allegations
It's alleged a Conservative minister in the 1960s, who was also a Devon MP, sold information about his colleagues and Parliament to communist spies.
Czech Security Service files are reported to reveal Raymond Mawby, who died in 1990, was in its pay for a decade.
Today in Parliament, the current MP for Totnes, Sarah Wollaston, called for a full inquiry.
Totnes MP allegedly sold information to Czech spies
It's alleged the MP for Totnes in the 1960s provided information to communist spies in return for money.
Files - found in the archives of the Czech Security Service - claim Raymond Mawby MP provided information to Czech spies for a decade, including details about colleagues in Parliament.