Edward Fletcher (politician)
Edward Joseph Fletcher (25 February 1911 – 13 February 1983) was a British Labour Party politician.
Early life
[edit]Fletcher was educated at Fircroft College, Birmingham, and was a trade union official. He served as a councillor on Newcastle City Council from 1952, and chaired the North-Eastern Association for the Arts.
Parliamentary career
[edit]Fletcher unsuccessfully contested Middlesbrough West for the Labour Party at the 1959 general election.[1] At the 1964 general election he was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Darlington, and held the seat until his death in 1983, aged 71.[2] He was a member of the Tribune Group and was regarded as being broadly on the left of the Labour Party.
Fletcher's Labour successor after the resulting by-election was Ossie O'Brien, who was MP for just a matter of weeks before he lost to the Conservative Michael Fallon at the 1983 general election.[3]
Legacy
[edit]Ted Fletcher Court remains in the Haughton area of Darlington, as a memorial to Fletcher.
References
[edit]- ^ Guide to the House of Commons. Times Newspapers Limited. 1979. p. 88. ISBN 978-0-7230-0225-3. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
- ^ "Edward Fletcher". members.parliament.uk. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
- ^ Dalyell, Tam (13 March 1997). "Obituary: Ossie O'Brien". Independent. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
- Times Guide to the House of Commons, 1966, 1979 & 1983
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
External links
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