Denys Alan Reginald Race (born 23 June 1947) is a British Labour Party politician.

Parliamentary career

He unsuccessfully contested the

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-held constituency of Ruislip-Northwood at the February 1974 general election and again at the October 1974 general election. At the 1979 general election, Race was elected as

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for the Wood Green constituency in the

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. The constituency was abolished for the 1983 general election. In 1982, Race became the first MP ever to utter the word "

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" on the floor of the House when referring to advertisements for prostitutes reading "Phone them and fuck them". ''

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'' recorded it as "f*** them", but the

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deprecated even that version. In 1990, Race created a group called 'Labour Party Socialists' with

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and

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After Parliament

For the 2001 general election, Race was selected as the Labour Party candidate for Chesterfield, following the retirement there of long-serving MP Tony Benn. Race finished in second place to the

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candidate Paul Holmes. Since 2001, Race has been owner and managing director of a healthcare management consultancy based in Chesterfield. He backed

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in the 2007 Labour deputy leadership election. Race has donated nearly £50,000 to the Labour Party. He was involved in the creation of the 'Saving Labour' campaign website, intended to encourage members of the public to email Labour MPs to urge them not to back Jeremy Corbyn in the 2016 Labour leadership election, and to encourage them to register as £25 Labour supporters, enabling them to vote for a different party leader.

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1947 births Living people English healthcare chief executives European democratic socialists Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1979–1983 {{England-Labour-UK-MP-stub