Richard Emanuel Winterbottom (22 July 1899 – 9 February 1968) was a

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. Born in

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, Winterbottom served in the

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during

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. He became an area organiser for a predecessor of the

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in 1931, then the national organiser in 1944. In 1950, he was elected as the

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(MP) for Sheffield Brightside, serving for his first year as Parliamentary Private Secretary to

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. Winterbottom remained in Parliament until his death in 1968.

References

*M. Stenton and S. Lees, ''Who's Who of British Members of Parliament, Volume IV 1945-1979'' *

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* 1899 births 1968 deaths Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Politics of Sheffield UK MPs 1950–1951 UK MPs 1951–1955 UK MPs 1955–1959 UK MPs 1959–1964 UK MPs 1964–1966 UK MPs 1966–1970 People from Oldham {{England-Labour-UK-MP-stub