About Terry Patchett
Lived 1940 – 1996 (aged 56). Terry Patchett was a British politician.
Terry Patchett (11 July 1940 – 11 October 1996) was a politician in the United Kingdom.
Patchett served as Member of Parliament for Barnsley East from 1983 until his death, and was a member of the Labour Party.
Early life Patchett was born in Darfield, South Yorkshire on 11 July 1940. He studied politics and economics at the University of Sheffield.
Career Before becoming an MP, Patchett worked as a miner for seventeen years. A member of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), he became the branch delegate for Houghton Main in 1966,
Personal life and death In 1961 Patchett married Glenys Veal, with whom he had three children.
He died of cancer on 11 October 1996 and the subsequent by-election was won by Jeff Ennis.
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Who was Terry Patchett?
British politician (1940-1996)
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Terry Patchett was born on 11 July 1940 in Darfield.
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Terry Patchett died on 11 October 1996.
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Terry Patchett was a politician.
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Terry Patchett was British.
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