Martin Redmond (15 August 1937 – 16 January 1997)
was a British
Labour Party politician from
Doncaster
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in
South Yorkshire
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.
Martin Redmond was of Irish descent and was born in
Scawsby
Scawsby is a suburb of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately 2 miles north-west of the city centre on the A635 road to Barnsley close to its terminus with the A638.
Geography
Scawthorpe, Sunnyfields, Marr, Cuswo ...
, near
Doncaster
Doncaster (, ) is a city in South Yorkshire, England. Named after the River Don, it is the administrative centre of the larger City of Doncaster. It is the second largest settlement in South Yorkshire after Sheffield. Doncaster is situated in ...
. He was educated at Woodlands Roman Catholic School and then by day release at the
University of Sheffield
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.
He worked as a driver of
heavy goods vehicles, and was elected to
Doncaster Borough Council
City of Doncaster Council is the local authority of the City of Doncaster in South Yorkshire, England, based at the Doncaster Civic Office in Waterdale, central Doncaster. It is one of four local authories in South Yorkshire and provides the ma ...
in 1975.
He became leader of the council in 1982, and was elected at the
1983 general election as the
Member of Parliament
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(MP) for
Don Valley, sponsored by the
National Union of Mineworkers.
He made his
maiden speech
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Traditions surrounding maiden speeches vary from country to country. In many Westminster system governments, there is a convention th ...
in the
House of Commons
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in a debate on housing on 5 July 1983,
and spoke frequently in the Commons on the
miners strike.
He was a leading member of the
All-Party Parliamentary Group
An all-party parliamentary group (APPG) is a grouping in the Parliament of the United Kingdom that is composed of members of parliament from all political parties, but have no official status within Parliament.
Description and functions
All-party ...
s for interest in
Thailand
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,
Bahrain
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,
Malta
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and
ASEAN
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.
He was re-elected in
1987
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and
1992, but died in office in January 1997
from undisclosed causes. No by-election was held, and his seat remained vacant when Parliament was dissolved in April for the
general election in May 1997.
The seat was won by
Caroline Flint
Caroline Louise Flint (born 20 September 1961) is a British politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Don Valley from 1997 to 2019. A member of the Labour Party, she attended the Cabinet of the United Kingdom as Minister for Hous ...
of the
Labour Party.
References
External links
*Redmond's maiden speech in the House of Commons:
*
1937 births
1997 deaths
Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
National Union of Mineworkers-sponsored MPs
UK MPs 1983–1987
UK MPs 1987–1992
UK MPs 1992–1997
Councillors in South Yorkshire
Labour Party (UK) councillors
Alumni of the University of Sheffield
Leaders of local authorities of England
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