Reg Race

Denys Alan Reginald Race (born 23 June 1947) is a British Labour Party politician.

Parliamentary career He unsuccessfully contested the Conservative-held constituency of Ruislip-Northwood at the February 1974 general election and again at the October 1974 general election. The constituency was abolished for the 1983 general election.

In 1982, Race became the first MP ever to utter the word "fuck" on the floor of the House when referring to advertisements for prostitutes reading "Phone them and fuck them". Hansard recorded it as "f*** them", but the Speaker deprecated even that version.

After Parliament For the 2001 general election, Race was selected as the Labour Party candidate for Chesterfield, following the retirement there of long-serving MP Tony Benn. He backed Alan Johnson in the 2007 Labour deputy leadership election.