Edwin Wainwright was a British

United Kingdom

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 Labour Party

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 politician.

Wainwright was educated at Darfield

Darfield, South Yorkshire

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 council school and Wombwell

Wombwell

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 and Barnsley

Barnsley

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 Technical College. He was a miner and a branch official and national executive member of the National Union of Mineworkers. For twenty years he served as a councillor on Wombwell Urban District Council.

Wainwright was Member of Parliament

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 for Dearne Valley

Dearne Valley (UK Parliament constituency)

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from 1959 to 1983, when the seat was abolished in boundary changes.