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Mr Kenneth Eastham is a former MP for Manchester, Blackley.

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Former MP for Manchester, Blackley

Entered the House of Commons on 3 May 1979 — General election

Left the House of Commons on 8 April 1997 — General election

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Paul Rose
• Eric Johnson
• Jack Diamond
• John Lees-Jones
• Philip Oliver
• William Briggs
• Philip Oliver
• William Briggs

Future MPs in this constituency

• Graham Stringer

Recent appearances

• Oral Answers to Questions — Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (Manchester) 18 Mar 1997

  To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients in the Manchester area have been waiting longer than 12 months for hospital admission. [19167]

• Oral Answers to Questions — Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (Manchester) 18 Mar 1997

  I thank the Minister for that reply, but I was asking about current figures rather than those for last December. May I tell him that, for the North Manchester hospital alone, 180 people have been waiting longer than 12 months for admission? Further compounding the problem, the equivalent of almost two wards in that hospital are bed-blocked because social services cannot accommodate the...

• Prevention of Terrorism 5 Mar 1997

  I begin by correcting something said by the right hon. Member for North Wiltshire (Mr. Needham). He referred to the bombing incident in Manchester last year. For his information and for the information of the House, I should say that Manchester has been the subject of one or two previous acts of terrorism such as incendiary bombs and other incidents. Those incidents are on the record and I am...

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