Thomas Torney
Politician
1915 – 1998
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Who was Thomas Torney?
Thomas William Torney was a British Labour Party politician.
Torney was Member of Parliament for Bradford South from 1970 until his retirement at the 1987 general election. His successor was Bob Cryer. In the 1983 general election, Torney had narrowly evaded defeat to the Conservative landslide by 110 votes. The BBC Election Night programme that year later reported that he was taken ill at the count and rushed to hospital.
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