Dennis Turner, Baron Bilston
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The Right Honourable The Lord Bilston |
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| Member of Parliament for Wolverhampton South East |
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In office 12 June 1987 – 11 April 2005 |
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| Preceded by | Robert Edwards |
| Succeeded by | Pat McFadden |
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26 August 1942 Bradley, West Midlands |
| Died | 25 February 2014 (aged 71) |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Labour Co-operative |
| Spouse(s) | Patricia Narroway |
Dennis Turner, Baron Bilston (26 August 1942 – 25 February 2014) was a Labour and Co-operative politician in the United Kingdom and was a Member of Parliament from 1987 until 2005.
Turner was born in Bradley in the Black Country and lived there his entire life. He was the son of Thomas Herbert Turner and Mary Elizabeth Peasley. He was educated at Stonefield Secondary Modern School (now South Wolverhampton and Bilston Academy) on Prosser Street in Bilston and Bilston College of Further Education (now part of City of Wolverhampton College), worked as a market trader and steelworker, and later ran a social club. He was a strong trades unionist. He was one of the youngest-ever councillors on Wolverhampton Council from 1966, rising through the ranks to become deputy leader for seven years. He was Director of Springvale Co-operative Leisure Centre. He was on West Midlands County Council from 1973-86.
Turner contested Halesowen and Stourbridge in the February and October general elections in 1974.
He was elected member of Parliament for Wolverhampton South East at the 1987 general election. He never held high office, serving as an opposition whip then as Parliamentary Private Secretary to Clare Short at the Department for International Development. He also campaigned on issues of Fairtrade and further education, and chaired the Commons Catering Committee. He chaired the Co-op Parliamentary Group for two years and the West Midlands group of Labour MPs. He once introduced a private member's bill seeking to make clear in law the correct amount of froth at the top of a pint of beer.
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