Ian Lavery Ian Lavery Ian Lavery (born 6 January 1963) is a British Labour Party politician and former trade union leader from Northumberland who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Wansbeck since the 2010 general election. Born and raised in Ashington, Lavery began work in the construction industry after leaving school before becoming a mining apprentice. Noted for being the sole apprentice to refuse to work during the miners' strike of 1984-1985, he gradually rose up the ranks of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) and was chosen to succeed Arthur Scargill as NUM President in 2002. Once elected to
Norman West the Socialist Campaign Group. West stood down as an MEP in 1998, and remained resident in Worsborough until his death in 2009. Norman West Norman West (26 November 1935 – 7 September 2009) was a British Labour Party politician. Born in Worsborough near Barnsley, West studied at Barnsley Grammar School before becoming a coal miner at Barrow Colliery, the local mine in Worsborough. He joined the National Union of Mineworkers, and supported Arthur Scargill in his early years. West also became active in the Labour Party, and was elected to South Yorkshire County Council, and then at the 1984 European