George William Stevenson (born 30 August 1938) is a Labour Party politician in the

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. In

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he was elected as the

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(MEP) for Staffordshire East. He was elected

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(MP) for Stoke-on-Trent South at the 1992 general election. He stood down from the European Parliament in

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and left the UK parliament at the 2005 general election. He was succeeded as MP for Stoke-on-Trent (South) by

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of the Labour Party. He had previously been deputy leader of Stoke-on-Trent City Council. In 2002, Stevenson stood for the Labour Party in the first election for a directly elected mayor for Stoke-on-Trent, losing to the

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candidate Mike Wolfe, a former Labour Party member.

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* 1938 births Living people Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Transport and General Workers' Union-sponsored MPs UK MPs 1992–1997 UK MPs 1997–2001 UK MPs 2001–2005 Councillors in Staffordshire People from Stoke-on-Trent Labour Party (UK) MEPs MEPs for England 1984–1989 MEPs for England 1989–1994 Politicians from Staffordshire {{England-Labour-UK-MP-stub