Austin Mitchell
| Austin Mitchell | |
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| Opposition Whip | |
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In office July 1979 – July 1985 |
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| Leader |
James Callaghan Michael Foot Neil Kinnock |
| Shadow Spokesperson For Trade and Industry | |
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In office July 1988 – July 1989 |
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| Leader | Neil Kinnock |
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Member of Parliament for Great Grimsby |
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In office 28 April 1977 – 30 March 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Anthony Crosland |
| Succeeded by | Melanie Onn |
| Majority | 714 (2.2%) |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
19 September 1934 Bradford, West Riding of Yorkshire, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse(s) | Linda McDougall |
| Children | 4 |
| Alma mater |
University of Manchester Nuffield College, Oxford |
Austin Vernon Mitchell (born 19 September 1934) is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament for Great Grimsby from a 1977 by-election to 2015. He is the Chair of the Labour Euro-Safeguards Campaign.
Born in Bradford, Mitchell was educated at Woodbottom Council School, Bingley Grammar School, the University of Manchester (BA; MA) where he read History, and Nuffield College, Oxford, graduating with a Doctor of Philosophy degree on "The Whigs in opposition, 1815–1830" in 1963.
From 1959–63, he lectured in history at the University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand. While lecturing in sociology, from 1963–67, at the University of Canterbury, Mitchell wrote a popular book about New Zealand, The Half Gallon Quarter Acre Pavlova Paradise (1972). The book title became a phrase in the New Zealand English lexicon. In the 1960s and 70s, New Zealand remained a milder version of the socialist laboratory it had been since 1935. In the 80s and 90s, the same socialist Labour party's government transformed it into an open market economy. These drastic changes provided ample subject matter for social analysis and, 30 years later, Mitchell wrote Pavlova Paradise Revisited (2002) as well as a video series accessible on NZ on Screen, after another New Zealand expedition. From 1967–69, Mitchell was an Official Fellow at Nuffield College.
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