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Dennis Skinner

British politician and former coal miner who served as MP for Bolsover from 1970 to 2019. Dennis Skinner was born on 11 February 1932.

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Who is Dennis Skinner?

Dennis Skinner is best known for Long-serving British MP known for his left-wing views and outspoken style. Dennis Skinner was born on 11 February 1932, which places Dennis Skinner among the people in the Dead or Alive catalog born in the 1930s. Dead or Alive is a trivia game: you decide whether a famous person is still alive, then see the answer. The status for Dennis Skinner is checked against public sources such as Wikidata and is shown only after you answer.

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Known for: Long-serving British MP known for his left-wing views and outspoken style
Born: 11 February 1932

About Dennis Skinner

Before entering Parliament, he worked for more than 20 years as a coal miner. Nicknamed the "Beast of Bolsover", Skinner belonged to the Socialist Campaign Group of Labour MPs. 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. He was one of the longest serving members of the House of Commons and the longest continuously serving Labour MP. A lifelong Eurosceptic, Skinner voted for the UK to leave the European Union in the 2016 referendum. Skinner lost his seat at the 2019 general election to Mark Fletcher of the Conservative Party, and was succeeded as the Labour candidate for Bolsover by Natalie Fleet. During his parliamentary career, Skinner was suspended from Parliament on at least ten occasions, usually for using unparliamentary language when attacking opponents. 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. During most of his tenure in the Commons (in the years when the Labour Party were in opposition), Skinner would usually sit on the first seat of the front bench below the gangway in the Commons in a tweed jacket and signature red tie.

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Dennis Skinner is known for Long-serving British MP known for his left-wing views and outspoken style.

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Dennis Skinner was born on 11 February 1932.

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