Lawrence Cunliffe | |
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Member of Parliament for Leigh | |
In office 3 May 1979 –14 May 2001 | |
Preceded by | Harold Boardman |
Succeeded by | Andy Burnham |
Personal details | |
Born | Walkden,Lancashire,England | 25 March 1929
Nationality | British |
Political party | Labour |
Lawrence Cunliffe (born 25 March 1929) is a retired British Labour Party politician. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Leigh from 1979 to 2001. [1] [2]
Cunliffe was born in Walkden,Lancashire,in 1929. He was a National Coal Board engineer,and became involved in the National Union of Mineworkers.
He first stood for Parliament in Rochdale. There,he lost the previously Labour-held seat to the Liberal candidate Cyril Smith at a by-election in 1972,and was again defeated by Smith at the subsequent general election in February 1974. [2]
Cunliffe served as the Member of Parliament for Leigh from 1979 until he retired from the House of Commons at the 2001 general election. [2]
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