George Park
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George Maclean Park was a British
United Kingdom
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 Labour Party
Labour Party (UK)
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 politician.

Park worked in the motor industry in Coventry
Coventry
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 he was the Union Convenor at the Ryton Plant of the (then) Rootes Group. He was a councillor in the Holbrooks Ward and leader of Coventry City Council and the West Midlands County Council
West Midlands County Council
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Park was Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
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 (MP) for Coventry North East from 1974 to 1987. George Park was a TGWU-sponsored MP and was Parliamentary Private Secretary
Parliamentary Private Secretary
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 to Eric Varley
Eric Varley
Eric Graham Varley, Baron Varley, PC was an English politician and former Cabinet Minister on the right wing of the Labour Party....

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When Park was asked to put himself forward for re-selection he declined and his successor was John Hughes
John Hughes (English politician)
John Hughes was Labour Member of Parliament for Coventry North East in the United Kingdom from 1987 to 1992....

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