Michael Hugh Meacher (4 November 1939 – 21 October 2015) was a British academic and Labour Party politician. Before entering politics, he was a lecturer in social administration at the University of Essex and the University of York. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1970 until his death, for Oldham West and Oldham West and Royton.
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