What is Austin Mitchell?
[[File:Austin Mitchell.jpg|right|200px]] '''Austin Vernon Mitchell''' {{post-nominals|country=NZL|ONZM|size=85%}} (19 September 1934 – 18 August 2021)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/Austin-Mitchell/372|title=Austin Mitchell|website=UK Parliament}}</ref> was a [[British people|British]] [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] [[politician]] and journalist. He was the [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Great Grimsby (UK Parliament constituency)|Great Grimsby]] from 1977 until 2015.<ref>{{cite web|title=Austin Vernon MITCHELL |url=http://www.debretts.com/people-of-today/profile/2032/Austin-Vernon-MITCHELL |website=[[Debrett's]] People of Today |access-date=12 October 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141111061927/http://www.debretts.com/people-of-today/profile/2032/Austin-Vernon-MITCHELL |archive-date=11 November 2014 |df=dmy }}</ref> From 1979 until 1985, he was [[Opposition Whip]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.lesc.info/committee |title=Site de Rencontre Lacelibertine. Site de Rencontres Sérieux P Lacelibertine |access-date=4 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160126085150/http://www.lesc.info/committee |archive-date=26 January 2016 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> Mitchell was born in [[Bradford]], [[West Riding of Yorkshire]]. Mitchell died on 18 August 2021 in [[Leeds]], West Yorkshire at the age of 86.<ref>{{cite news |title=Former Grimsby MP Austin Mitchell dies aged 86 |url=https://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/news/grimsby-news/former-grimsby-mp-austin-mitchell-5801589 |access-date=18 August 2021 |work=Grimsby Telegraph |date=18 August 2021}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Mitchell, Austin}} [[Category:1934 births]] [[Category:2021 deaths]] [[Category:UK MPs 1974–1979]] [[Category:UK MPs 1979–1983]] [[Category:UK MPs 1983–1987]] [[Category:UK MPs 1987–1992]] [[Category:UK MPs 1992–1997]] [[Category:UK MPs 1997–2001]] [[Category:UK MPs 2001–2005]] [[Category:UK MPs 2