Edwin Wainwright

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 the Member of Parliament (MP) 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
    Parliament of the United Kingdom
    Preceded by
    Wilfred Paling
    Member of Parliament for Dearne Valley
    19591983
    Succeeded by
    (constituency abolished)


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