 His constituency was abolished in 1983 and he failed to win selection in either of its successor seats, South Hams (UK Parliament constituency) and Teignbridge (UK Parliament constituency).Following access by the BBC to previously secret files held by the current Czech Republic security services, it was revealed on 28 June 2012 that Mawby, who was given the code name "Laval", had spied for the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic during the Cold War.He received £100 (approx.