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Austin Mitchell
Austin Vernon MitchellONZM (19 September 1934 – 18 August 2021) was a British academic, journalist and Labour Partypolitician who was the member of Parliament (MP) for Great Grimsby from a 1977 by-election to 2015. He was also the chair of the Labour Euro-Safeguards Campaign. Before becoming an MP in the United Kingdom, Austin Mitchell was a well known television broadcaster in New Zealand.