Martin Redmond

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2017}}

{{Use British English|date=March 2017}}

{{Short description|British politician}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name =

| office = Member of Parliament
for Don Valley

| termstart = 9 June 1983

| termend = 20 January 1997

| successor = Caroline Flint

| predecessor = Michael Welsh

| birth_date = {{birth date|1937|8|15|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Scawsby, Doncaster

| death_date = {{death date and age|1997|1|20|1937|8|15|df=yes}}

| death_place =

| party = Labour

}}

Martin Redmond (15 August 1937 – 20 January 1997){{cite news |last1=Hardy |first1=Peter |title=Obituary: Martin Redmond |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-martin-redmond-1284312.html |access-date=17 January 2024 |work=The Independent |date=21 January 1997}} was a British Labour Party politician from Doncaster in South Yorkshire.

Martin Redmond was of Irish descent and was born in Scawsby, near Doncaster. He was educated at Woodlands Roman Catholic School and then by day release at the University of Sheffield.{{cite book

|title=Times Guide to the House of Commons 1992

|year=1992

|publisher=Times Books

|location=London

|isbn=0-7230-0497-8

|page=95

}} He worked as a driver of heavy goods vehicles, and was elected to Doncaster Borough Council in 1975. He became leader of the council in 1982, and was elected at the 1983 general election as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Don Valley,{{London Gazette

|issue= 49394

|date= 21 June 1983

|page=8205

|city=London

}} sponsored by the National Union of Mineworkers. He made his maiden speech in the House of Commons in a debate on housing on 5 July 1983,{{cite news

|title=Doubts on extended right to buy

|date=6 July 1983

|work=The Times

|page=4

}} and spoke frequently in the Commons on the miners strike.

He was a leading member of the All-Party Parliamentary Groups for interest in Thailand, Bahrain, Malta and ASEAN.{{Citation needed|date=August 2010}}

He was re-elected in 1987{{London Gazette

|issue= 50974

|date= 23 June 1987

|page=8003

}} and 1992,{{London Gazette

|issue= 52903

|date= 24 April 1992

|page=7182

}} but died in office in January 1997 from cancer.{{cite web |title=Labout MP and ex council leader dies |url=https://www.lgcplus.com/archive/labour-mp-and-ex-council-leader-redmond-dies-20-01-1997/ |publisher=Local Government Chronicle |access-date=17 January 2024 |date=20 January 1997}} No by-election was held, and his seat remained vacant when Parliament was dissolved in April for the general election in May 1997.{{cite book

|title=Times Guide to the House of Commons 1997

|publisher=Times Books

|year=1997

|location=London

|isbn=0-7230-0956-2

|page=278

}} The seat was won by Caroline Flint of the Labour Party.{{Cite web |title=Electdata |language=en |date=1997 |website=Electoral Calculus |access-date=21 August 2023 |url-status=live |url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1997.txt |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054424/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1997.txt |archive-date=15 October 2011}}