Frank Oswald Hooley (30 November 1923 – 21 January 2015) was an English Labour Party politician.

Political career

Hooley contested

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at the 1959 General Election, finishing second. He first stood for the

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seat in

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, but was beaten by the Conservative Peter Roberts. With the campaign slogan ''"Hooley for Heeley"'', he won Sheffield Heeley at the 1966 general election, the first Labour Party candidate to win this seat since its creation in 1950. However, at the 1970 general election he lost the seat to the Conservative

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by 713 votes. He regained the seat at the February 1974 election and held it until 1983 general election, when he was deselected by the local party. He then stood unsuccessfully in the Conservative stronghold of

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, who won

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, is the daughter of Hooley's campaign manager at the 1966 general election.

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* * 1923 births 2015 deaths Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1966–1970 UK MPs 1974 UK MPs 1974–1979 UK MPs 1979–1983 {{England-Labour-UK-MP-stub