Honorary President of the Socialist Campaign Group
Incumbent
Assumed office 6 May 2020
Preceded by
Office established
Member of Parliament for Bolsover
In office 18 June 1970 – 6 November 2019
Preceded by
Harold Neal
Succeeded by
Mark Fletcher
Chair of the National Executive Committee of the Labour Party
In office 7 October 1988 – 6 October 1989
Leader
Neil Kinnock
Preceded by
Neil Kinnock
Succeeded by
Jo Richardson
President of the Derbyshire Area of the National Union of Mineworkers
In office June 1966 – 25 June 1970
Preceded by
Herbert Parkin
Succeeded by
Raymond Ellis (1972)
Alderman on Clay Cross Urban District Council
In office 1962–1970
Personal details
Born
Dennis Edward Skinner
(1932-02-11) 11 February 1932 (age 92) Clay Cross, Derbyshire, England
Political party
Labour
Other political affiliations
Socialist Campaign Group (1982–present)
Spouse
Mary Parker
(m. 1960; sep. 1989)
Domestic partner
Lois Blasenheim
Children
3
Alma mater
Ruskin College
Profession
Miner, politician
Signature
Nickname
Beast of Bolsover
Dennis Skinner's voice
Skinner speaks to cabin crew strikers outside Parliament Recorded 12 July 2017
Dennis Edward Skinner (born 11 February 1932) is a British former politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Bolsover for 49 years, from 1970 to 2019.[1] A member of the Labour Party, he is known for his left-wing views and republican sentiments.[2] Before entering Parliament, he worked for more than 20 years as a miner.
Nicknamed the "Beast of Bolsover", Skinner belonged to the Socialist Campaign Group of Labour MPs.[3][4][5] He was a member of the National Executive Committee of the Labour Party, with brief breaks, for 30 years, and was the committee's chairman from 1988 to 1989.[6] He was one of the longest serving members of the House of Commons and the longest continuously serving Labour MP.[7] He is a lifelong Eurosceptic.[8]
During his parliamentary career, Skinner was suspended from Parliament on at least ten occasions, usually for unparliamentary language when attacking opponents. Perhaps the most notable example of this occurred in 2016, when he referred to David Cameron as 'Dodgy Dave' during a parliamentary debate about the Panama Papers. He was also known for regularly heckling upon the arrival of Black Rod in the House of Commons chamber during the State Opening of Parliament.
^"Mr Dennis Skinner". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Archived from the original on 22 May 2021. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
^"Parliamentary career for Mr Dennis Skinner – MPs and Lords". UK Parliament. Archived from the original on 8 May 2021. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
^Broomhead, Michael (24 November 2014). "Profile: Dennis Skinner, The Beast of Bolsover, 5 of his Best Quotes". The Star. London. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 15 December 2014.
^"Dennis Skinner quotes: the Beast of Bolsover in full flow" Archived 13 April 2017 at the Wayback Machine, The Week, 25 February 2015. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
^Hastings, Chris. "Dennis Skinner: claimed for accountants' fees on MPs' expenses". Telegraph.co.uk. Archived from the original on 5 April 2017. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
^"Mr Dennis Skinner MP". UK Parliament. Archived from the original on 28 April 2019. Retrieved 5 April 2017.
^"Dennis Skinner". Ruskin College. Archived from the original on 20 January 2021. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
^Pidd, Helen (8 January 2019). "'The way the EU treated the UK opened my eyes': Bolsover's Brexit". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 10 February 2021. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
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