Richard Winterbottom
Richard Emanuel Winterbottom (22 July 1899 – 9 February 1968) was a British Labour Party politician.
Born in Oldham, Lancashire, Winterbottom served in the Royal Navy during World War I. He became an area organiser for a predecessor of the Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers in 1931, then the national organiser in 1944. In 1950, he was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Sheffield Brightside, serving for his first year as Parliamentary Private Secretary to Ness Edwards.
Winterbottom remained in Parliament until his death in 1968.
References[]
- M. Stenton and S. Lees, Who's Who of British Members of Parliament, Volume IV 1945-1979
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
External links[]
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Richard Winterbottom
Categories:
- 1899 births
- 1968 deaths
- Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
- Politics of Sheffield
- UK MPs 1950–1951
- UK MPs 1951–1955
- UK MPs 1955–1959
- UK MPs 1959–1964
- UK MPs 1964–1966
- UK MPs 1966–1970
- People from Oldham
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