About Richard Winterbottom
Lived 1899 – 1968 (aged 68). Richard Winterbottom was a British politician.
Richard Emanuel Winterbottom (22 July 1899 – 9 February 1968) was a British Labour Party politician.
Born in Oldham, Lancashire, Winterbottom served in the Royal Navy during World War I. He became an area organiser for a predecessor of the Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers in 1931, then the national organiser in 1944. In 1950, he was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Sheffield Brightside, serving for his first year as Parliamentary Private Secretary to Ness Edwards.
Winterbottom remained in Parliament until his death in 1968.
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Who was Richard Winterbottom?
British politician (1899-1968)
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Richard Winterbottom was born on 22 July 1899 in Oldham.
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Richard Winterbottom died on 9 February 1968.
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Richard Winterbottom was a politician.
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