Members of Parliament sponsored by mining unions
Constituency Candidate Votes % Position
Barnsley Central Eric Illsley 26,139 66.8 1
Barnsley East Terry Patchett 29,948 74.5 1
Blyth Valley Ronnie Campbell 19,604 42.5 1
Bolsover Dennis Skinner 28,453 56.2 1
Clydesdale Jimmy Hood 21,826 45.3 1
Doncaster North Michael Welsh 32,950 61.8 1
Don Valley Martin Redmond 29,200 53.1 1
Easington John Cummings 32,396 68.1 1
Hemsworth George Buckley 27,859 67.0 1
Leigh Lawrence Cunliffe 30,064 58.6 1
Midlothian Alex Eadie 22,553 48.3 1
Rother Valley Kevin Barron 28,292 56.4 1
Wansbeck Jack Thompson 28,080 57.5 1
Labour candidates -- 1987 general election
Ronnie Campbell , MP from 1987
This article is about the sponsorship of British Members of Parliament by mining trade unions. The article covers MPs sponsored by the National Union of Mineworkers, its predecessor the Miners' Federation of Great Britain, and the local trade unions which preceded it. A small number of MPs were sponsored by other trade unions related to the mining industry, such as the Cumberland Iron Ore Miners' and Kindred Trades' Association, the North Wales Quarrymen's Union, and the National Association of Colliery Overmen, Deputies and Shotfirers, and are covered in the articles on those unions. Other miners and people related to the mining industry were elected without being sponsored by a trade union, and are not listed here.