Austin Mitchell: Former Great Grimsby MP dies aged 86

[arista]

[The former MP Austin Mitchell has died
at the age of 86, the Labour Party
has confirmed.
Mr Mitchell worked as a journalist for
Yorkshire Television before being
elected to the Great Grimsby constituency
in 1977. He held the seat until 2015.

He is understood to have died
at Leeds General Infirmary on Wednesday morning.

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said Mr Mitchell
had served the voters "with remarkable
commitment for 38 years".]


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-58257189



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[joeysteele]

R.I.P.
A long career often just scraping in at times in his seat.

Was quite a character.

[Crimson Dynamo]

rip a real character