Alec Woodall | |
Honorific-Suffix: | MP |
Office: | Member of Parliament for Hemsworth |
Predecessor: | Alan Beaney |
Successor: | George Buckley |
Term Start: | 28 February 1974 |
Term End: | 18 May 1987 |
Birth Date: | 20 September 1918 |
Death Date: | 3 January 2011 (age 92) |
Nationality: | British |
Party: | Labour |
Alec Woodall (20 September 1918 – 3 January 2011[1]) was a British Labour Party politician.
Woodall was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Hemsworth from 1974 until 1987, when he was deselected as Labour candidate and replaced by George Buckley who described him as being from "traditional mining stock" in his maiden speech.[2]
Before entering Parliament, Woodall served as an infantryman.[3]
Woodall supported a range of political causes during his time in the House of Commons, including more transparency in political funding in the United Kingdom.