Background
ENRIGHT, Derek was born on August 2, 1935 in Thomby on Tees. Parents: Lawrence Enright and Helen Enright.
ENRIGHT, Derek was born on August 2, 1935 in Thomby on Tees. Parents: Lawrence Enright and Helen Enright.
Born in Thornaby-on-Tees, North Riding of Yorkshire, he attended Saint Michael"s College on Street John"s Road, Leeds (which has since merged with Mount Street Mary"s Catholic High School), then a grammar school. He was educated at Wadham College, Oxford, gaining a Bachelor in Classics and a DipEd, and worked as a school teacher of classics at The John Fisher School, a Roman Catholic grammar school in Purley, London from 1959-1967.
He was British Labour group spokesman on third world affairs and women"s rights, and was later an European Commission delegate in Guinea Bissau. He contested Kent East in the 1984 European election. Sings "Yellow Submarine" in Latin in the Commons chamber
On 2 March 1993, during a debate on the Education Reform Bill, Derek Enright mentioned that "To help my pupils discover what the optative and subjunctive are all about, I translated Beatles songs into Latin." Challenged by Nicholas Fairbairn to sing a Beatles song in Latin, Enright immediately stood up and did so, singing "Yellow Submarine" in Latin.
The Deputy Speaker, Geoffrey Lofthouse, got him to curtail his performance by reminding Enright of the rules of the House: "Order.
Roman Catholic
50th United Kingdom Parliament. 51st United Kingdom Parliament]
He was elected as a Labour Member of the European Parliament (Member of the European Parliament) for Leeds in 1979, staying until 1984. He was Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament) for Hemsworth, West Yorkshire from 1991 until his death in 1995.
Gentleman has been a Member of the House long enough to know its rules full well.".
Spouse Jane Maureen Enright (née Simmons), 1963.