Edwin Wainwright

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


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