Major received 4,282 votes, 311 more than his closest rival
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Former Prime Minister John Major has topped the poll in elections to the committee of the MCC.
Major, the president of Surrey cricket club, will serve a three-year term.
Matthew Fleming, Nick Pocock and David Faber were also elected and the quartet will take up their new positions at the beginning of October.
The MCC have, meanwhile, awarded honorary life membership to seven former Test cricketers, including England's Jack Russell.
He retired from the game last summer because of a back problem after a career in which he took 1,191 catches and completed 128 stumpings.
The other six recognised for their service to the game are Pakistan's Wasim Akram, Mark Waugh and Michael Slater of Australia, Sri Lankans Arjuna Ranatunga and Aravinda de Silva and Zimbabwean Alistair Campbell.
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