Stan Newens
Stan Newens | |
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Member of Parliament for Epping | |
In office 15 October 1964 – 29 May 1970 | |
Preceded by | Graeme Finlay |
Succeeded by | Norman Tebbit |
Member of Parliament for Harlow | |
In office 28 February 1974 – 13 May 1983 | |
Preceded by | Constituency established |
Succeeded by | Jerry Hayes |
Member of the European Parliament for London Central | |
In office 1984–1999 | |
Preceded by | David Nicolson |
Personal details | |
Born | Arthur Stanley Newens 4 February 1930 University College, London |
Arthur Stanley Newens (4 February 1930 – 2 March 2021) was a British
Born in Bethnal Green, Newens was educated at Buckhurst Hill County High School.[1] He died in March 2021 at the age of 91.[2]
Career
Newens was a
Newens subsequently represented two Essex constituencies as a Labour MP. He was elected for Epping in 1964, and lost the seat in 1970. In 1974, he became the first MP for Harlow, but lost the seat in the Conservative landslide of 1983. Following this, he became an MEP for the London Central constituency in 1984, which he served until 1999. He stood for Harlow again in 1987, but was not successful in being re-elected to the House of Commons.
He held several senior positions, including Vice Chair of the PLP Foreign Affairs Group and Chair and Deputy Leader of the Labour Group of MEPs. He was generally seen as a prominent left-winger, campaigning against the Vietnam War and for other international causes.
Other work
Newens was an active trade unionist, and wrote numerous pamphlets and books, including The Case Against Nato (1972), Third World: Change or Chaos (1977), A History of Struggle: 50th Anniversary of Liberation, formerly the Movement for Colonial Freedom (2004) and Nicolae Ceausescu: The Man, His Ideas and His Socialist Achievements (1972). He was also a local historian of Essex and East London; his book "A History of North Weald Bassett and Its People" was published in 1985, and his study of writer Arthur Morrison was published in Loughton in 2008.
His autobiography, In Quest of a Fairer Society: My Life and Politics, was published in November 2013 by The Memoir Club.
Publications
- Talking with Nicolae Ceaușescu : an interview with Stan Newens (1982). London : London Co-operative Society Political Committee.
- Nicolae Ceaușescu: the man, his ideas and his socialist achievements (1972). Presented by Stan Newens. Nottingham : Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation.
- The case against N.A.T.O.: the danger of the nuclear alliances (1972). London.
- A history of North Weald Bassett and its people (1985). Stan Newens. North Weald : Nuclear Printing Co.
- Nicolae Ceaușescu: The Man, his ideas, and his Socialist Achievements (1972). Stan Newens. Spokesman Books.
- The memoirs of an old East-Ender Arthur Ernest Newens (1899-1977); edited with an introduction by Stan Newens. (2006). Harlow : A.S. Newens.
- Working together : a short history of the London Co-op Society Political Committee (1988). Stan Newens. London : CRS London Political Committee.
- Arthur Morrison : the novelist of realism in East London and Essex (2008). Stan Newens. Loughton : Alderton.
- The Kurds - a people's struggle for peace and justice (1994). Liberation.
- Leah Manning (1991). Ron Bill and Stan Newens. Harlow : Leah Manning Trust in association with Square One Books.