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Mr John Binns is a former MP for Keighley.

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Former MP for Keighley

Entered the House of Commons on 15 October 1964 — General election

Left the House of Commons on 29 April 1970 — General election

Previous MPs in this constituency

• William Worsley
• Charles Hobson
• Ivor Thomas
• Hastings Lees-Smith
• George Harvie-Watt
• Hastings Lees-Smith
• Robert Pilkington
• Hastings Lees-Smith
• Robert Clough
• Stanley Buckmaster
• John Brigg
• Isaac Holden

Future MPs in this constituency

• Joan Hall
• Bob Cryer
• Gary Waller
• Ann Cryer
• Kris Hopkins
• John Grogan
• Robbie Moore

Recent appearances

• Orders of the Day — Employed Persons (Health and Safety) Bill 2 Mar 1970

  I congratulate my right hon. Friend the First Secretary on her initiative in bringing the Bill before the House. As she said, many of us on this side of the House believe it to be long overdue. Her Department is the Department of Employment and Productivity and I believe that, if we are to get the best out of our industrial production, it is essential that the health and safety and...

• Orders of the Day — Road Transport Lighting Bill 31 May 1967

  I do not want to take up too much time. It is no use my going again into the arguments in favour of reflectorisation. They have been put exceptionally well by my hon. Friend the Member for Hudders-field, West (Mr. Lomas) and by the hon. Member for Totnes (Mr. Mawby). It is sufficient for me to say that I, too, have seen reflectorised number plates in use and, like everyone else who saw them...

• Orders of the Day — Simonstown Agreement 8 Feb 1967

  Is the hon. Member trying to argue that our Agreement with South Africa is sacrosanct and yet our agreements with the rest of the world, through the United Nations, are cant and hypocrisy?

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