Allen McKay

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| name = Allen McKay

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| office1 = Member of Parliament for Barnsley West and Penistone

| term1 = 1983–1992

| office2 = Member of Parliament for Penistone

| term2 = 1978–1983

| party = British Labour

| birth_date = {{birth date|1927|02|05|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Barnsley, West Riding of Yorkshire, England

| death_date = {{death date and age|2013|05|02|1927|02|05|df=yes}}

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Allen McKay (5 February 1927 – 2 May 2013){{cite web | url = http://www.barnsley-chronicle.co.uk/announcements/73901/Allen-McKay| title = Barnsley Chronicle - Allen McKay| accessdate = 8 May 2013}} was a British Labour Party politician.

Biography

Born in Barnsley, McKay was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for the South Yorkshire constituency of Penistone in a 1978 by-election following the death of the Labour MP John Mendelson,{{cite news|url=http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/analysis/the-week-that-was-july-5-to-11-1978-1-7997487|title=The week that was: July 5 to 11, 1978 |work=Yorkshire Evening Post |date=5 July 2016 |accessdate=27 November 2016}} serving there until the seat was abolished for the 1983 general election. He was then elected as MP for Barnsley West and Penistone, and held that seat until he retired at the 1992 general election.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-25449128 |title=The ex-MPs who died in 2013 - part two |work=BBC News |date=27 December 2013 |accessdate=27 November 2016}}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tDpzBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA126 |last1=Waller |first1=Robert |last2=Criddle |first2=Byron |title=The Almanac of British Politics |publisher=Routledge |year=2007 |pages=125–6 |isbn=9781135206765 |accessdate=27 November 2016}}