What is Arthur Scargill?
{{Infobox officeholder | name = Arthur Scargill | image =Scargill cropped.jpg | image_size = | office = Leader of the [[Socialist Labour Party (UK)|Socialist Labour Party]] | term_start = 24 June 1996 | predecessor = ''Position established'' | office1 = President of the [[National Union of Mineworkers (Great Britain)|National Union of Mineworkers]] | term_start1 = 1982 | term_end1 = 2002 | predecessor1 = [[Joe Gormley (trade unionist)|Joe Gormley]] | successor1 = [[Ian Lavery]] | office2 = President of the [[Yorkshire Miners' Association|Yorkshire Area of the National Union of Mineworkers]] | term_start2 = 1974 | term_end2 = 1981 | predecessor2 = [[Sam Bullough]] | successor2 = Jack Taylor | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1938|1|11}} | birth_place = [[Worsbrough|Worsbrough Dale]], [[West Riding of Yorkshire]], England | religion = | spouse = {{Marriage|Anne Harper|1961|2001|end=divorced}} | caption = Scargill in 2010. | party = [[Socialist Labour Party (UK)|Socialist Labour Party]] (from 1996) | otherparty = [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] (1962–1996) }} '''Arthur Scargill''' (born 11 January 1938)<ref>[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/court_and_social/article5484753.ece The Times] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629132544/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/court_and_social/article5484753.ece |date=2011-06-29 }} 10 January 2009, Retrieved 9 January 2010</ref> is a British [[trade union]]ist. He was President of the [[National Union of Mineworkers (Great Britain)|National Union of Mineworkers]] (NUM) from 1982 to 2002. He is best known for leading the [[UK miners' strike (1984–1985)|1984–1985 miners' strike]]. ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Scargill, Arthur}} [[Category:1938 births]] [[Category:Living people]]