David Francis Haynes, usually known as Frank Haynes (8 March 1926 – 11 September 1998) was a British

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 politician. A member of the Labour Party

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, he served at the Member of Parliament

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 (MP) for Ashfield

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 from 1979-92.

Born in Wandsworth

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, London

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, a former miner, Haynes became the MP for Ashfield in 1979, regaining a seat that had been lost to the Conservatives in a 1977 by-election

Ashfield by-election, 1977

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. Haynes served until 1992 when he retired and was succeeded by Geoff Hoon

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.

Haynes was famous for having one of the loudest voices in the House of Commons

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. He was sponsored by the National Union of Mineworkers, and during the 1984-85 strike

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 remained loyal to the union rather than support the majority of Nottinghamshire

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 miners who broke away to form the Union of Democratic Mineworkers

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. He frequently highlighted the problems of the very poorest in society when putting questions to Margaret Thatcher

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 and her ministers.

Haynes died in Westwood, Nottingham, in September 1998 at the age of 72.