Ian Lavery
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Ian Lavery is a British Labour Party politician who has served as Member of Parliament for Blyth and Ashington from 2024. He was previously the MP for Wansbeck from 2010 to 2024. Lavery served as the
Official portrait, 2024
Lavery in 2017
Arthur Scargill
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Arthur Scargill is a British trade unionist who was President of the National Union of Mineworkers from 1982 to 2002. He is best known for leading the 1984–1985 United Kingdom miners' strike, a major
Ian Lavery
…the national executive committee of the NUM. In the subsequent ballot, he was elected in the first round having gained more than 50% of the vote. When Arthur Scargill stood down as NUM president in August 2002, Lavery was elected unopposed to replace him. In February 2010, Lavery became the prospective parliamentary…
Scargill in 1993