Edmund Marshall

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Edmund Ian Marshall (born 31 May 1940) is a British politician.

Marshall was educated at Humberstone Foundation School, Cleethorpes and Magdalen College, Oxford. He became a mathematics university lecturer and a Methodist local preacher.

Marshall was Liberal Party councillor on Wallasey Borough Council 1963-65 and parliamentary candidate for Louth in 1964 and 1966, but joined the Labour Party in 1967.

In a 1971 by-election, Marshall was elected Member of Parliament for Goole. He served until 1983, when the seat was abolished in boundary changes. Since leaving Parliament, Marshall defected to the Social Democratic Party and has now become a member of the Liberal Democrats in Yorkshire. He advises the Church of England Bishop of Wakefield on ecumenical matters.

[edit] References

• Times Guide to the House of Commons, 1966 & 1979
• This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.
• Yorkshire and the Humber Liberals Democrats website

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by: George Jeger	Member of Parliament for Goole 1971–1983	Succeeded by: (constituency abolished)