Gordon Bagier

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Gordon Alexander Thomas Rachel Bagier (born 7 July 1924) is a retired British Labour Party politician.

Bagier was educated at Pendower Secondary School and was a signals inspector on British Railways He served as a councillor on Keighley Borough Council 1956-60 and Sowerby Bridge Urban Council from 1962, and as President of the Yorkshire District Council of the National Union of Railwaymen.

At the 1964 general election, Bagier stood in the Sunderland South constituency, where he defeated the sitting Conservative Member of Parliament, Paul Williams. He held the seat unti his retirement at the 1987 general election, when his successor was the left-wing journalist Chris Mullin.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Paul Williams
Member of Parliament for Sunderland South
19641987
Succeeded by
Chris Mullin