Martin Redmond (15 August 1937 – 20 January 1997) was a British Labour Party politician from

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. Martin Redmond was of Irish descent and was born in

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, near

. He was educated at Woodlands Roman Catholic School and then by day release at the

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. He worked as a driver of

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s, and was elected to Doncaster Borough Council in 1975. He became leader of the council in 1982, and was elected at the 1983 general election as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Don Valley, sponsored by the National Union of Mineworkers. He made his

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in the

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in a debate on housing on 5 July 1983, and spoke frequently in the Commons on the miners strike. He was a leading member of the All-Party Parliamentary Groups for interest in

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and

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. He was re-elected in

1987 Events January * January 1 – Bolivia reintroduces the Boliviano currency. * January 2 – Chadian–Libyan conflict – Battle of Fada: The Military of Chad, Chadian army destroys a Libyan armoured brigade. * January 3 – Afghan leader ...

and

1992 1992 was designated as International Space Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 – Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt replaces Javier Pérez de Cuéllar of Peru as United Nations Secretary-General. * January 6 ** The Republ ...

, but died in office in January 1997 from cancer. No by-election was held, and his seat remained vacant when Parliament was dissolved in April for the general election in May 1997. The seat was won by

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of the Labour Party.

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*Redmond's maiden speech in the House of Commons: * 1937 births 1997 deaths Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies National Union of Mineworkers-sponsored MPs UK MPs 1983–1987 UK MPs 1987–1992 UK MPs 1992–1997 Councillors in South Yorkshire Labour Party (UK) councillors Alumni of the University of Sheffield Leaders of local authorities of England People from the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster {{England-Labour-UK-MP-stub