Michael English (24 December 1930 – 16 July 2019) was a British Labour Party politician.

Early life

English was educated at

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and

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. He was a councillor on

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1953–65.

Parliamentary career

English contested Shipley in 1959. He was

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for Nottingham West from 1964 to 1983, when the seat was abolished by boundary changes. Following his retirement from Parliament, he served as a councillor in the

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. He was an opponent of Britain's membership of the

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. He was subsequently Chairman of the London Local Involvement Network. English was interviewed in 2012 as part of

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's oral history project.

Subsequent

He was later active in the National Association of LINks Members, the

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network, Community Health Councils and

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s. He was a leading figure in the Patients' Forum for the

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Personal life

He married Carol Christine Owen on 11 September 1976 at

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in south

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. They had a daughter, born in 1978, and a son, born in 1980. They met in 1969 in Chelsea, London, where they both lived. In 1978 they moved to the London Borough of Lambeth. English died in July 2019 at the age of 88.Members of our Association who have died during 2019
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Notes

References

*''Times Guide to the House of Commons'', 1966 and 1979 *

External links

* *
Peter Fry interview at History of Parliament Online
1930 births 2019 deaths Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Councillors in Greater Manchester Councillors in the London Borough of Lambeth GMB (trade union)-sponsored MPs People educated at King George V College UK MPs 1964–1966 UK MPs 1966–1970 UK MPs 1970–1974 UK MPs 1974 UK MPs 1974–1979 UK MPs 1979–1983 Labour Party (UK) councillors {{England-Labour-UK-MP-stub