Background
PATCHETT, Terry was born on July 11, 1940 in Darfield, Barnsley, United Kingdom. Parents: Wilfred Patchett and Cora Kathleen Patchett.
Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom
PATCHETT, Terry was born on July 11, 1940 in Darfield, Barnsley, United Kingdom. Parents: Wilfred Patchett and Cora Kathleen Patchett.
He studied politics and economics at the University of Sheffield.
Before becoming an Member of Parliament, Patchett worked as a miner for seventeen years. From 1969 to 1973 he was also on Wombwell District Council. Though he wanted to be the miners" agent for Barnsley, in 1982 Arthur Scargill instead offered him the candidacy for the safe Labour seat of Dearne Valley, whose incumbent Member of Parliament, Edwin Wainwright, was retiring.
Patchett felt out of place in the House of Commons and rarely spoke in the chamber.
However, he was on the Select Committee on Social Services and served as vice-chairman of the Parliamentary Labour Party"s energy committee. He also opposed the closure of rich collieries such as Barnburgh and plans to increase imports of foreign coal.
Patchett"s last appearance in Parliament was the vote on the Scott Report on 26 February 1996. Suffering from cancer, he risked his life to go to vote, against his doctor"s advice and family"s wishes, because of the opportunity of defeating the government.
He made the 400-mile (600 km) journey from Darfield to Westminster by ambulance.
In 1961 Patchett married Glenys Veal, with whom he had three children. He died of cancer on 11 October 1996.
Church of England
Defending the interests of mining communities, he opposed the Petroleum Royalties (Relief) Acting 1983, which exempted oil companies from royalties on new fields, denouncing it as an attempt to weaken the National Union of Mineworkers.
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Patchett served as Member of Parliament for Barnsley East from 1983 until his death, and was a member of the Labour Party.
A member of the National Union of Mineworkers (National Union of Mineworkers), he became the branch delegate for Houghton Main in 1966, and from 1977 he was a member of the union"s Yorkshire executive.
Member of Parliament.
He was strongly loyal to Scargill and politically was on the left wing of the Labour Party.
Spouse Glenys Patchett (née Veal), 1961. Children: Neil, Julie, Karen.