About Thomas Urwin
Lived 1912 – 1985 (aged 73). Thomas Urwin was a British politician.
Thomas William Urwin MP (9 June 1912 – 14 December 1985) was a British Labour Party politician.
Urwin worked as a trade union organiser and was divisional secretary of the Amalgamated Union of Building Trade Workers. He served as a councillor on Houghton-le-Spring Urban District Council, latterly as chairman from 1954 until 1955.
Urwin was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Houghton-le-Spring from 1964 to 1983. He was a minister for Economic Affairs from 1968 to 1969, and for Local Government and Regional Planning from 1969 to 1970.
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Who was Thomas Urwin?
British politician (1912-1985)
When was Thomas Urwin born?
Thomas Urwin was born on 9 June 1912.
When did Thomas Urwin die?
Thomas Urwin died on 14 December 1985.
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Thomas Urwin was a politician.
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Thomas Urwin was British.
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