What is Michael O'Halloran (British politician)?
'''Michael Joseph O'Halloran''' (20 August 1933 – 29 November 1999) was a [[British people|British]] politician. He was a member of the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] and the [[Social Democratic Party (UK)|Social Democratic Party]]. He was elected [[Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Islington North (UK Parliament constituency)|Islington North]] in a [[Islington North by-election, 1969|by-election in 1969]] after the death of MP [[Gerry Reynolds (UK politician)|Gerry Reynolds]]. He was secretary of the [[Constituency Labour Party]]. O'Halloran was among the Labour MPs who moved to the new [[Social Democratic Party (UK)|Social Democratic Party]] (SDP) in 1981. In 1983, the SDP chose [[John Grant (British politician)|John Grant]], the MP for [[Islington Central (UK Parliament constituency)|Islington Central]] (which was being abolished in boundary changes), to be its candidate in Islington North. O'Halloran left the SDP to stand as an independent Labour candidate in the [[United Kingdom general election, 1983|1983 general election]]. The official Labour candidate [[Jeremy Corbyn]] won while O'Halloran came in fourth with 11% of the vote. Grant came third with 22% of the vote. He retired to [[County Wexford]]. He died on 29 November 1999 from a [[heart attack]] at the age of 66. ==Other websites== * [http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/people/mr-michael-ohalloran/ About Michael O'Halloran] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305133945/http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/people/mr-michael-ohalloran/ |date=2016-03-05 }} {{DEFAULTSORT:O'Halloran, Michael}} [[Category:1933 births]] [[Category:1999 deaths]] {{bio-stub}} [[Category:Labour Party (UK) MPs]]