Austin Mitchell
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"Austin Vernon Mitchell" is a United Kingdom/British Labour Party (UK)/Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Great Grimsby (UK Parliament constituency)/Great Grimsby since a Great Grimsby by-election, 1977/1977 by-election. He is the Chair of the Labour Euro-Safeguards Campaign.

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There's a vast class - the poor, the underprivileged, the people least likely to vote - who are not represented any more.

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[Until the early 80s, Commons observers usually thought about MPs in terms of interest groups and ideologies. And many MPs identified themselves the same way:] When you were faced with an issue, ... you often put yourself on automatic pilot. You had the guideposts of ideology, and you had groups like the [leftwing] Tribune Group to align with.

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