Parliamentary Career
He was elected as a Labour Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for Leeds in 1979, staying until 1984. He was British Labour group spokesman on third world affairs and women's rights, and was later an EC delegate in Guinea Bissau. He contested Kent East in the 1984 European election.
He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Hemsworth in West Yorkshire from a by-election in 1991 until his death.
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