Richard Winterbottom
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Richard Emanuel Winterbottom (22 July 1899 - 9 February 1968) was a British Labour Party politician.
Born in Oldham, Winterbottom served in the Royal Navy during World War I. He became an area organiser for a predecessor of the Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers in 1931, then the national organiser in 1944. In 1950, he was elected Member of Parliament for Sheffield Brightside, serving for his first year as Parliamentary Private Secretary to Ness Edwards.
Winterbottom remained in Parliament until his death in 1968.
[edit] References
- M. Stenton and S. Lees, Who's Who of British Members of Parliament, Volume IV 1945-1979
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
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| Preceded by Fred Marshall |
Member of Parliament for Sheffield Brightside 1950–1968 |
Succeeded by Edward Griffiths |
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