Editing Stan Cohen (politician)
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==Parliamentary career== |
==Parliamentary career== |
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He was [[ |
He was [[Member of Parliament]] for Leeds South East from 1970 to 1983, when that constituency was abolished, but in 1981 he was clearly in trouble with his constituency Labour Party (CLP) which was controlled by the left. He publicly mentioned that he was considering following [[Tom Bradley (UK politician)|Tom Bradley]], the former leader of his union, into the [[Social Democratic Party (UK)|SDP]]. Labour Party leader [[Michael Foot]] persuaded him to remain in the Labour Party and not defect at a meeting on 3 December 1981. Later that day Foot denounced [[Peter Tatchell]], a left-wing candidate who had been selected in [[Bermondsey (UK Parliament constituency)|Bermondsey]]; Cohen told ''[[The Guardian]]'' "Maybe it had nothing to do with me, but I would like to believe our discussion might have helped him to make his stand". However, when the CLP moved to a reselection ballot for Leeds Central, which took in much of what was Leeds South East, they instead chose the left-winger [[Derek Fatchett]]. |
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{{s-bef| before = [[Alice Bacon, Baroness Bacon|Alice Bacon]]}} |
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{{s-ttl| title = [[Member of Parliament]] for [[Leeds South East (UK Parliament constituency)|Leeds South East]] |
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| years = [[1970 United Kingdom general election|1970]]–[[1983 United Kingdom general election|1983]]}} |
| years = [[1970 United Kingdom general election|1970]]–[[1983 United Kingdom general election|1983]]}} |
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{{s-non| reason = Constituency abolished}} |
{{s-non| reason = Constituency abolished}} |