John Ellis (22 October 1930 – 27 May 2019) was a British Labour Party politician. Ellis was educated at

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and Rastrick Grammar School,

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. He was a laboratory technician and was employed in the

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. He served as a councillor on

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Council from 1962. Ellis contested

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in 1964. He was Member of Parliament for

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from 1966 to 1970 (when he lost the seat), and then for Brigg and Scunthorpe from 1974 to 1979, when he lost to the

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Michael Brown by 486 votes (0.7%).

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, Director of the

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, attributed his defeat to the intervention of a Democratic Labour Party candidate, who polled over 2,000 votes, and thus "splintered enough of the Labour vote" to allow the Conservatives narrowly win the seat. Ellis was an assistant government whip from 1974 to 1976. He also served as a member of the Commons Expenditure Committee. He died in Scunthorpe in May 2019 at the age of 88.Tributes paid to former Scunthorpe MP John Ellis who devoted his life to public service
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References

*''The Times Guide to the House of Commons'',

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, 1966 & 1979 *

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* 1930 births 2019 deaths Councillors in Berkshire Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies People educated at Rastrick High School People from Scunthorpe People from Rastrick UK MPs 1966–1970 UK MPs 1974 UK MPs 1974–1979 {{England-Labour-UK-MP-stub