Alan Beaney (3 March 1905 – 3 March 1985) was a British Labour Party politician. Born in

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, Beaney received an elementary education before becoming a coal miner in Yorkshire. He joined the Labour Party, and served on Dearne Urban District Council from 1938 to 1952, and then the West Riding of Yorkshire County Council from 1949 to 1952, and again from 1958 to 1959. The

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funded his study with the

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, and he later served on its executive committee. Beaney was elected at the 1959 general election as

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for

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. He held the seat at the next three general elections, and stood down at the February 1974 general election.

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* 1905 births 1985 deaths Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies National Union of Mineworkers-sponsored MPs UK MPs 1959–1964 UK MPs 1964–1966 UK MPs 1966–1970 UK MPs 1970–1974 {{England-Labour-UK-MP-stub