Thomas William Urwin (9 June 1912 – 14 December 1985) was a British Labour Party politician. Urwin worked as a

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organiser and was divisional secretary of the Amalgamated Union of Building Trade Workers. He served as a councillor on Houghton-le-Spring

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, latterly as chairman from 1954 until 1955. Urwin was the

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(MP) for Houghton-le-Spring from 1964 to 1983. He was a minister for Economic Affairs from 1968 to 1969, and for Local Government and Regional Planning from 1969 to 1970.''Times Guide to the House of Commons'', 1966 & 1979

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* 1912 births 1985 deaths Amalgamated Union of Building Trade Workers-sponsored MPs Councillors in North East England Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1964–1966 UK MPs 1966–1970 UK MPs 1970–1974 UK MPs 1974 UK MPs 1974–1979 UK MPs 1979–1983 Union of Construction, Allied Trades and Technicians-sponsored MPs Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom Ministers in the Wilson governments, 1964–1970 {{England-Labour-UK-MP-stub