Edwin Wainwright

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Edwin Wainwright (12 August 1908 – 22 January 1998)[1] 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 the Member of Parliament (MP) for Dearne Valley from 1959 to 1983, when the seat was abolished in boundary changes.

References

  1. ^ "Edwin Wainwright". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
  • Times Guide to the House of Commons, 1966 & 1979
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Dearne Valley
19591983
Succeeded by
(constituency abolished)