# Richard Winterbottom

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{{Short description|British politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| office              = [Member of Parliament](/source/Member_of_Parliament_(UK)) for [Sheffield Brightside](/source/Sheffield_Brightside)
| term_start          = 23 February 1950
| term_end            = 9 February 1968
| image               = Richard Winterbottom.PNG
| caption             = Winterbottom in 1949
| party               = [Labour](/source/Labour_Party_(UK))
| successor           = [Edward Griffiths](/source/Edward_Griffiths_(politician))
| predecessor         = [Fred Marshall](/source/Fred_Marshall_(British_politician))
| branch              = [Royal Navy](/source/Royal_Navy)
| battles             = [World War One](/source/World_War_One)
| birth_place         = [Oldham](/source/Oldham), [Lancashire](/source/Lancashire)
| birth_date          = 22 July 1899
| death_date          = 9 February 1968
| profession          = Trade unionist and politician
| allegiance          = [United Kingdom](/source/United_Kingdom)
}}

'''Richard Emanuel Winterbottom''' (22 July 1899 – 9 February 1968) was a [British](/source/British_people) [Labour Party](/source/Labour_Party_(UK)) [politician](/source/politician).

Born in [Oldham](/source/Oldham), [Lancashire](/source/Lancashire), Winterbottom served in the [Royal Navy](/source/Royal_Navy) during [World War I](/source/World_War_I).  He became an area organiser for a predecessor of the [Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers](/source/Union_of_Shop%2C_Distributive_and_Allied_Workers) in 1931, then the national organiser in 1944.  In 1950, he was elected as the [Member of Parliament](/source/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)) (MP) for [Sheffield Brightside](/source/Sheffield_Brightside), serving for his first year as [Parliamentary Private Secretary](/source/Parliamentary_Private_Secretary) to [Ness Edwards](/source/Ness_Edwards).

Winterbottom remained in Parliament until his death in 1968.

== References ==
*M. Stenton and S. Lees, ''Who's Who of British Members of Parliament, Volume IV 1945–1979''
*{{Rayment-hc|date=March 2012}}

== External links ==
* {{Hansard-contribs | mr-richard-winterbottom | Richard Winterbottom }}

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  | title  = [Member of Parliament for Sheffield Brightside](/source/Sheffield_Brightside_(UK_Parliament_constituency))
  | years  = [1950](/source/1950_United_Kingdom_general_election)–[1968](/source/1968_Sheffield_Brightside_by-election)
  | before = [Fred Marshall](/source/Fred_Marshall_(British_politician))
  | after  = [Edward Griffiths](/source/Edward_Griffiths_(politician))
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Category:Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
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Category:UK MPs 1950–1951
Category:UK MPs 1951–1955
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Category:UK MPs 1964–1966
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