Private Life
Ennis has been married to Margaret Angela Knight since 1980 and they have three sons, one of which is called Micheal Ennis. Before his election he was active in the trade union movement and was a branch chairman of the National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers (NASUWT) 1979-1996 and has been a member of the Transport and General Workers Union since 1997. He has lived in his Barnsley constituency for much of his life, and is a supporter of Barnsley F.C.
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