George Grant (11 October 1924 – 27 March 1984) was a

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politician in the

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and

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for

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from 1970 until 1983. Prior to his election to Parliament, he had served for eleven years as a member of Bedlingtonshire Council. He was also Chairman of the Ashington branch of the National Union of Mineworkers from 1963 to 1970. In the

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, he served as the Parliamentary Private Secretary to the

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from 1974 to 1976.

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* 1924 births 1984 deaths Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies National Union of Mineworkers-sponsored MPs UK MPs 1970–1974 UK MPs 1974 UK MPs 1974–1979 UK MPs 1979–1983 British trade unionists {{UK-trade-unionist-bio-stub