Bill O'Brien (British politician)
British politician
Bill O'Brien
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Member of Parliament
for Normanton |
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In office
9 June 1983 – 11 April 2005 |
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Preceded by | Albert Roberts |
Succeeded by | Ed Balls |
Personal details | |
Born |
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1929-01-25
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25 January 1929
(age
94)
Pontefract |
Nationality | British |
Political party | Labour |
Spouse | Jean Scofield |
Alma mater | University of Leeds |
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Sir William O'Brien (born 25 January 1929) is a former Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom . [1] [2]
Early life
Born in the historic market town of Pontefract , West Riding of Yorkshire , O'Brien was previously a miner from 1946 to 1983 and local councillor on Wakefield Council from 1973 to 1983. [3] He stood unsuccessfully for the post of Secretary for the Yorkshire region of the National Union of Mineworkers in 1973, losing to Owen Briscoe from the Yorkshire Left group. [4] He was considered the moderate candidate from the moderate Glasshoughton colliery, whereas Briscoe was a militant from Armthorpe Colliery. [4]
He gained a BEd degree from the University of Leeds in 1978.
Parliamentary career
O'Brien entered the House of Commons as the Member of Parliament for Normanton at the 1983 general election , and re-elected at four further general elections until he retired at the 2005 general election . He served as both an Opposition Spokesman on Environment (1987–92) and Opposition Spokesman on Northern Ireland (1992–94). [3]
He was named a Knight Bachelor in the 2010 Dissolution Honours . [5]
Personal life
He married Jean Scofield, and the couple had three daughters. [3]
Bibliography
The Prince of Wales Colliery [6]
References
- ↑ "Mr Bill O'Brien" . Hansard . Retrieved 14 May 2021 .
- ↑ "Parliamentary career for Sir Bill O'Brien - MPs and Lords" . UK Parliament . Retrieved 14 May 2021 .
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"Bill O'Brien - Politics 97"
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BBC News
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: CS1 maint: url-status ( link ) - 1 2 Winterton, Jonathan; Winterton, Ruth (1989). Coal, Crisis, and Conflict: The 1984–85 Miners' Strike in Yorkshire . Manchester University Press. p. 18. ISBN 9780719025488 .
- ↑ "No. 59459" . The London Gazette (3rd supplement). 15 June 2010. p. 11152.
- ↑ Sir Bill O'Brien (2011). Pontefract Heritage Series: The Prince of Wales Colliery . West Yorkshire, United Kingdom: Pen2Pen. ISBN 978-0-9559026-1-1 .
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Member of Parliament
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Normanton
1983 – 2005 |
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