Frank Haynes (politician)

{{Short description|British politician}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Frank Haynes

|office = Member of Parliament
for Ashfield

|term_start = 3 May 1979

|term_end = 16 March 1992

|predecessor = Tim Smith

|successor = Geoff Hoon

|birth_date = 8 March 1926

|birth_place = Wandsworth, London, England

|death_date = 11 September 1998 (aged 72)

|death_place = Westwood, Nottinghamshire, England

|party = Labour

}}

David Francis Haynes (8 March 1926 – 11 September 1998) was a British politician. A member of the Labour Party, he served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Ashfield from 1979 to 1992.

Born in Wandsworth, London, a former miner, Haynes became the MP for Ashfield in 1979, regaining a seat that had been lost to the Conservatives in a 1977 by-election. Haynes served until 1992 when he retired and was succeeded by Geoff Hoon.{{cite news |url= http://www.nottinghampost.com/remembering-1977-ashfield-election/story-12202922-detail/story.html |title=Remembering the 1977 Ashfield by-election |author= |date=20 April 2017 |work=Nottingham Post|access-date=12 July 2017}}

Haynes was famous for having one of the loudest and most resonant voices in the House of Commons.{{cite news |url= https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-frank-haynes-1198418.html |title=Obituary: Frank Haynes |author=Tam Dalyell |date=15 September 1998 |work=The Independent |access-date=12 July 2017}} He was sponsored by the National Union of Mineworkers, and during the 1984–85 strike remained loyal to the union rather than support the majority of Nottinghamshire miners who broke away to form the Union of Democratic Mineworkers. He frequently highlighted the problems of the very poorest in society when putting questions to Margaret Thatcher and her ministers.

Haynes died in Westwood, Nottinghamshire, in September 1998 at the age of 72.

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{{succession box

| title = Member of Parliament for Ashfield

| years = 1979–1992

| before = Tim Smith

| after = Geoff Hoon

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