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Line 1: {{Use dmy dates\|date=~~November~~February ~~2012~~2021}} {{Infobox officeholder '''George Machin''' (30 December 1922 – 5 December 1989) was a [[United Kingdom\|British]] [[Labour Party (UK)\|Labour Party]] politician, engineering inspector and shop steward.▼ \| honorific-prefix = \| name = George Machin \| honorific-suffix = \| image = \| caption = \| birth_date ={{Birth date\|1922\|12\|30\|df=y}} \| birth_name = \| birth_place = \| death_date = {{Death date and age\|1989\|12\|5\|1922\|12\|30\|df=y}} \|death_place = \| office = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)\|Member of Parliament]] for [[Dundee East (UK Parliament constituency)\|Dundee East]] \| term_start = 1 March 1973 \| term_end = 8 February 1974 \| predecessor = [[George Thomson, Baron Thomson of Monifieth\|George Thomson]] \| successor = [[Gordon Wilson (Scottish politician)]] \| parliament = United Kingdom \| party = [[Labour Party (UK)\|Labour]] \| spouse = \| children = \| parents = \| nationality = British \| alma_mater = \| nickname = }} ▲'''George Machin''' (30 December 1922 – 5 December 1989) was a ~~[[United Kingdom\|~~British]] [[Labour Party (UK)\|Labour Party]] politician, engineering inspector and shop steward. Machin was a native of [[Sheffield]] and attended Marlcliffe School there. During the [[World War II]] he served in the [[Royal Air Force\|RAF]]. After the war ended, he became an engineering inspector and active in the trade union movement. In 1967, he was elected to Sheffield City Council. At a [[1973 Dundee East by-election~~, 1973~~\|March 1973 by-election]], he was elected as the [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)\|Member of Parliament]] for [[Dundee East (UK Parliament constituency)\|Dundee East]], holding off by 1,141 votes a strong challenge from [[Gordon Wilson (Scottish politician)\|Gordon Wilson]] of the [[Scottish National Party]].<ref name="Herald 2Mar1973">{{cite news \|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=NeI9AAAAIBAJ&sjid=VkgMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5282%2C228023 \|title=Taverne Landslide. Labour Hold Dundee \|first=John \|last=Warden \|work=The ~~Glasgow~~ Herald\|location=Glasgow \|date=2 March 1973 \|page=1 \|accessdate=25 April 2019}}</ref> The contest had been seen as three -way fight between Machine, Wilson and [[List of provosts of Dundee\|Lord Provost of Dundee]], William Fitzgerald, standing as [[Scottish Conservative Party\|Conservative]].<ref name="Herald1Mar1973">{{cite news\|last1=Clark\|first1=William\|title=East Dundee voters may upset form book\|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC&dat=19730301&printsec=frontpage&hl=en\|accessdate=24 April 2019\|work=The ~~Glasgow~~ Herald\|location=Glasgow\|date=1 March 1973\|page=3}}</ref> On the day of the election it was ~~specualted~~speculated in ''The [[Glasgow Herald]]'' that the Labour vote may be hurt by the fact that Machin was an English candidate in a Scottish seat and because some local Labour supporters were angered as the felt Machin's [[trade union]] had used influence to "buy" his nomination.<ref name="Herald1Mar1973"/> Signs that his English background was an issue were demonstrated during Machin's victory speech which was reportedly disrupted by 'angry shouts of Scottish Nationalist supporters', while police flanked him as he faced 'chants of "Go back to Yorkshire" and "Go home, Englishman"'.<ref name="Herald 2Mar1973"/> At the [[February 1974 United Kingdom general election~~, February 1974~~\|February 1974 general election]], Wilson gained the seat by 2,966 votes, thus ending Machin's tenure as an MP of just 11 months. Machin attempted unsuccessfully to regain his seat at the subsequent [[October 1974 United Kingdom general election~~, October 1974~~\|October 1974 general election]] but then retired from politics afterwards. {{Citation needed\|date=February 2013}} ==See also== * [[List of United Kingdom MPs with the shortest service]] == References == Line 22 ⟶ 47: {{s-par\|uk}} {{succession box \| title = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)\|Member of Parliament]] for [[Dundee East (UK Parliament constituency)\|Dundee East]] \| years = [[1973 Dundee East by-election~~, 1973~~\|1973]]––[[February 1974 United Kingdom general election~~, February 1974~~\|Feb 1974]] \| before = [[George Thomson, Baron Thomson of Monifieth\|George Thomson]] \| after = [[Gordon Wilson (Scottish politician)\|Gordon Wilson]] Line 33 ⟶ 58: [[Category:1989 deaths]] [[Category:Amalgamated Engineering Union-sponsored MPs]] [[Category:Scottish Labour ~~Party~~ MPs]] [[Category:UK MPs 1970–1974]] [[Category:~~British~~Royal ~~military~~Air Force personnel of World War II]] [[Category:~~People~~Trade unionists from Sheffield]] [[Category:People associated with Dundee]] [[Category:Place of death missing]] [[Category:Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Dundee constituencies]] {{Scotland-Labour-UK-MP-stub}}