Harold Neal

{{Short description|British politician (1897–1972)}} {{For|the Detroit artist|Harold Neal (artist)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2018}} {{Use British English|date=March 2018}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Harold Neal | office = Member of Parliament<br />for Bolsover<br />{{nobold|Clay Cross (1945–1950)}} | term_start = 14 April 1944 | term_end = 29 May 1970 |predecessor = George Ridley |successor = Dennis Skinner | office1 = Vice-President of the Derbyshire Miners' Association | term_start1 = 1942 | term_end1 = 1944 |successor1 = Henry White |predecessor1 = Samuel Greenough |birth_date = {{birth date|1897|07|3|df=y}} |death_date ={{death date and age|1972|08|24|1897|07|3|df=y}} }} '''Harold Neal''' (3 July 1897 – 24 August 1972) was a British Labour Party politician. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Clay Cross from a 1944 by-election to 1950, and after boundary changes, for Bolsover from 1950 until his retirement in 1970. He became an MP after the death of former MP George Ridley. Following his retirement, his successor, Dennis Skinner, went on to become the longest-serving MP in the Labour Party's history. Neal was Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Fuel and Power, Philip Noel-Baker, in 1951.

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{{s-start}} {{s-par|uk}} {{s-bef | before = George Ridley }} {{s-ttl | title = Member of Parliament for Clay Cross | years = 1944–1950 }} {{s-non | reason = Constituency abolished }} {{s-new | constituency}} {{s-ttl | title = Member of Parliament for Bolsover | years = 1950–1970 }} {{s-aft | after = Dennis Skinner }} {{s-npo|union}} {{succession box|title=Vice-President of the Derbyshire Miners' Association|years=1942–1944|before=Henry White|after=Samuel Greenough}} {{s-end}}

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