Michael English
Michael English (born December 24, 1930 in Southport , Lancashire - † July 16, 2019 ) was a British Labor Party politician who represented the constituency of Nottingham West as a member of the House of Commons between 1964 and 1983 .
Life
Origin, local politician and unsuccessful candidate for lower house in 1959
English's ancestors came from Ireland and lived temporarily in the United States . His father was a railroad employee and later a businessman. After his father died in 1939, the family ran into financial difficulties. He fell ill with tuberculosis while attending elementary school and then received home schooling. After the disease was cured in 1944, he attended King George V Grammar School in Southport and, after graduating, began studying law at the University of Liverpool .
English, who joined the Labor Party while studying in 1948, worked for the Turner Brothers Asbestos Company after graduating from university . He began his political career in local politics when he became a member of the Rochdale City Council in 1952 and was a member until 1965.
In the general election of October 8, 1959 , he ran in the constituency of Shipley for a seat in the House of Commons, but was defeated by the constituency holder of the Conservative Party , Geoffrey Hirst , with a clear difference of 5511 votes. While Hirst received 22,536 votes (56.97 percent), he received 17,025 votes (43.03 percent).
Member of the House of Commons 1964 to 1983
English, who voted for Harold Wilson as leader of the Labor Party after Hugh Gaitskell's death , was elected for the first time as a member of the House of Commons in the subsequent general election on October 15, 1964 in the constituency of Nottingham West . In his first election, he was only just able to prevail with 164 votes against his opponent from the conservative Tories . He was a member of the House of Commons until the general election on June 9, 1983 , and waived it to run again after the constituency was dissolved due to constituency changes.
At the beginning of his House of Commons membership he was chairman of a subcommittee of the Expenditure Committee , which later became the Committee on Treasury and Civil Service Affairs (Treasury and Civil Service Committee) . In addition, he was a member of the Procedure Committee in 1964 when debates from the House of Commons were first broadcast on television. He was later from 1966 to 1967 Parliamentary Private Secretary to Chancellor James Callaghan and then a member of various Standing Committees of the House of Commons.
Web links
- Michael English at Hansard (English)
- The House of Commons Constituencies. Leigh Rayment Peerage, October 13, 2014, accessed January 17, 2015 (entry on Nottingham West constituency).
- English, Michael (b.1930). The History of Parliament, accessed January 17, 2015 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Members of our Association who have died during 2019 Association of Former Members of Parliament, accessed July 31, 2019
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | English, Michael |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British politician (Labor), Member of the House of Commons |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 24, 1930 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Southport , Lancashire |
| DATE OF DEATH | 16th July 2019 |