John Binns (June 1914 – 6 August 1986) was a British Labour Party politician. He was

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for the marginal Keighley constituency from 1964 to 1970, when it was won by

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. During the Parliamentary debate on the 1968 Race Relations Act he refused to support the government, calling the bill 'just cant and hypocrisy'.The People July 14, 1968 p.12 and Aberdeen Evening Express 10 April 1968. p.7. Binns contested Keighley again in the February 1974 election for the Campaign for Social Democracy, but finished fourth behind the Liberal candidate.

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* 1914 births 1986 deaths Amalgamated Engineering Union-sponsored MPs Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1964–1966 UK MPs 1966–1970 {{England-Labour-UK-MP-stub