Lawrence Cunliffe

Lawrence Cunliffe (born 25 March 1929 in Walkden, near Salford, Lancashire, England) is a retired British Labour Party politician.

Early life

Before entering Parliament he was a National Coal Board engineer, where he became involved in the National Union of Mineworkers.

Parliamentary career

Cunliffe first stood for Parliament at Rochdale, where he lost the Labour-held seat to the Liberal Cyril Smith at a 1972 by-election, and was again defeated by Smith at the following General Election in February 1974.

He served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Leigh from 1979 until he retired from the House of Commons at the 2001 general election.

References

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Lawrence Cunliffe