Norman Atkinson is a British

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 politician

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 who served as Labour

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 Member of Parliament

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 for the London

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 constituency of Tottenham

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 from 1964 until 1987.

Manchester

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-born, Atkinson was educated at technical school and became a design engineer at Manchester University. He served as a councillor on Manchester City Council

Manchester City Council

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 1945-49. He contested Manchester Wythenshawe

Manchester Wythenshawe (UK Parliament constituency)

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 in 1955 and Altrincham and Sale

Altrincham and Sale (UK Parliament constituency)

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 in 1959, before being elected for Tottenham in the 1964 general election

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A member of Labour's National Executive Committee

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 for five years, Atkinson also served as the party's national tresaurer. As treasurer, he clashed with Chancellor Denis Healey

Denis Healey

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 at the 1976 Labour Party Conference. He was a founding member of the Socialist Campaign Group

Socialist Campaign Group

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He did not contest the 1987 general election

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, having been deselected by his constituency party (subsequent to boundary changes in 1983 which added roughly half of the old Wood Green

Wood Green (UK Parliament constituency)

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 constituency) in favour of Bernie Grant

Bernie Grant

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Sources

• http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/TUatkinsonN.htm
• http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/706403.stm