Phillip Whitehead
| Phillip Whitehead | |
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| Member of the European Parliament for East Midlands |
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In office 1 May 1999 – 31 December 2005 |
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| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Glenis Willmott |
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30 May 1937 Matlock Bath, Derbyshire, England |
| Died | 31 December 2005 (aged 68) Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Labour |
| Alma mater | Exeter College, Oxford |
| Profession | Politician, television producer and writer |
Phillip Whitehead (30 May 1937 – 31 December 2005) was a British Labour politician, television producer and writer.
Born in Matlock Bath, Derbyshire, he was adopted by a local family, and attended Lady Manners School in Bakewell and Exeter College at Oxford University, where he obtained his BA degree.
Whitehead went up to Oxford following in his adoptive parents' footsteps as a Conservative. He was President of the Oxford University Conservative Association and the Oxford Union in 1961. However, by the end of his time there he had convinced himself that his true place was in the Labour Party (see ref 1, from Exeter College Register).
Whitehead was an independent documentary producer in the early 1960s and later an editor with the BBC and ITV from 1967 to 1970.
After standing unsuccessfully at West Derbyshire in 1966, he represented Derby North as a Labour MP from 1970 to 1983, when he was defeated by the Conservative Greg Knight. He tried to win back the seat in 1987 but was beaten once again.
Whitehead was a member of several parliamentary committees:
After his defeat at the 1983 general election, Whitehead returned to television as a producer and director. He was also author of several books derived, with the exception of his Fabian essays, from the television series he produced:
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