sentences:  Through the auspices of the Union he went on a day release course at the University of Nottingham from 1967 to 1969.He then obtained a Trade Union Congress scholarship to the University of Wales from 1970 to 1972 and to the University of Nottingham (Workers Educational Association section) from 1972 to 1974.Active in the Labour Party, in 1970 Gallagher was elected to Mansfield Borough Council, and in 1973 to Nottinghamshire County Council.