George Machin (30 December 1922 – 5 December 1989) was a British Labour Party politician, engineering inspector and shop steward. Events 1460 - Wars of the Roses: Battle of Wakefield. 1816 - The Treaty of St Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 63 BC - Cicero reads the last of his Catiline Orations. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located The Labour Party is a Political party in the United Kingdom. Founded at the start of the 20th century it has been since the 1920s the principal party of the
Machin was a native of Sheffield and attended Marlcliffe School there. Sheffield ( is a city and Metropolitan borough in South Yorkshire, England During the second World War he served in the Royal Air Force; when it ended he became an engineering inspector and active in the trade union movement. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including In 1967 he was elected to Sheffield City Council.
In a March 1973 by-election, he was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Dundee East, holding off by 1,141 votes a strong challenge from Gordon Wilson of the Scottish National Party. A by-election or bye-election (called special election in the United States) is an Election held to fill a political office that has become vacant A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a Parliament. Dundee East is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom ( Westminster) (Robert Gordon Wilson (born 16 April 1938) is a former leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP However, in the February 1974 general election, Wilson gained the seat by 2,966 votes - ending Machin's tenure as an MP of just 11 months. Results |} Total votes 31321982 All parties are shown The seats won by the Ulster Unionists are compared with those won by Unionist MPs in the 1970 election Machin attempted to regain his seat in the October 1974 election but then retired from politics. Results |} Total number of votes 29189104 All parties shown Votes summary Seats summary
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| Preceded by George Thomson |
Member of Parliament for Dundee East 1973–1974 |
Succeeded by Gordon Wilson |
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