Dennis Skinner
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Dennis Skinner MP |
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Dennis Skinner MP in 2016
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| Chairman of the Labour Party | |
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In office 13 June 1988 – 27 October 1989 |
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| Leader | Neil Kinnock |
| Preceded by | Neil Kinnock |
| Succeeded by | Jo Richardson |
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Member of Parliament for Bolsover |
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Assumed office 18 June 1970 |
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| Preceded by | Harold Neal |
| Majority | 11,778 (26.8%) |
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Dennis Edward Skinner 11 February 1932 Clay Cross, Derbyshire, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse(s) | Mary Parker (separated) |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | Ruskin College |
| Profession | Miner |
Dennis Edward Skinner (born 11 February 1932) is a British Labour politician who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Bolsover since 1970. He was Chairman of the Labour Party from 1988–1989 and served as a member of its National Executive Committee.
He is known for his left-wing views and acerbic wit and for never missing a Commons session. He is a member of the Socialist Campaign Group of Labour MPs.
Born in Clay Cross, Derbyshire, Skinner is the third of nine children of coal miner Edward Skinner, who was sacked after the 1926 general strike.
Skinner attended Tupton Hall Grammar School after passing the eleven-plus a year early. He worked in the mines from 1949 to 1970, at Parkhouse Colliery in Clay Cross until it closed in 1962, then at Glapwell Colliery near Chesterfield. He joined the Labour Party in 1956.
After his 20 year career as a miner, Skinner became a member of Derbyshire County Council where he worked between 1964 and 1970. He was also Clay Cross councillor from 1960 to 1970. He was president of the Derbyshire area of the National Union of Mineworkers between 1966 and 1970. He attended Ruskin College in his thirties, after attending a preparatory course run by the NUM at the University of Sheffield.
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