Michael English

Michael English (24 December 1930 – 16 July 2019) was a British Labour Party politician. Early life English was educated at King George V Grammar School, Southport and Liverpool University. He was a councillor on Rochdale Borough Council 1953–65. Parliamentary career English contested Shipley in 1959. He was Member of Parliament for Nottingham West from 1964 to 1983, when the seat was abolished by boundary changes. Following his retirement from Parliament, he served as a councillor in the London Borough of Lambeth. He was an opponent of Britain's membership of the EEC. He was subsequently Chairman of the London Local Involvement Network.