Edwin Wainwright
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Edwin Wainwright (August 1908 – 22 January 1998) was a British Labour Party politician.
Wainwright was educated at Darfield council school and Wombwell and Barnsley Technical College. He was a miner and a branch official and national executive member of the National Union of Mineworkers. For twenty years he served as a councillor on Wombwell Urban District Council.
Wainwright was Member of Parliament for Dearne Valley from 1959 to 1983, when the seat was abolished in boundary changes.
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- Times Guide to the House of Commons, 1966 & 1979
- This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.
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Preceded by Wilfred Paling |
Member of Parliament for Dearne Valley 1959–1983 |
Succeeded by (constituency abolished) |
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