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.

References

Times Guide to the House of Commons, 1966 & 1979
Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Wilfred Paling	Member of Parliament for Dearne Valley 1959–1983	Succeeded by (constituency abolished)

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Name	Wainwright, Edwin
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Short description	British politician
Date of birth	1908
Place of birth
Date of death	22 January 1998
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