Derek Enright

Derek Anthony Enright (2 August 1935 – 31 October 1995) was a British Labour Party politician. He was a Member of the European Parliament from 1979 to 1984, and the MP for Hemsworth from 1991 until his death.

Early life Born in Thornaby-on-Tees, North Riding of Yorkshire, he attended St. Michael's College on St John's Road, Leeds (which has since merged with Mount St Mary's Catholic High School), then a grammar school.

He was educated at Wadham College, Oxford, gaining a BA in Classics and a DipEd, and worked as a school teacher of classics at The John Fisher School, a Roman Catholic grammar school in Purley, Surrey, from 1959 to 1967. He contested Kent East in the 1984 European election. He became Member of Parliament (MP) for Hemsworth, West Yorkshire at a 1991 by-election.

Personal life He married Jane Simmons in 1963, and they had two sons and two daughters.