Richard Buchanan (politician)

Richard Buchanan (3 May 1912 – 22 January 2003) was a British Labour politician.

Buchanan was educated at St. Mungo's Academy. He worked as an engineer and toolfitter and was a councillor on Glasgow Corporation from 1949. He joined the National Union of Railwaymen in 1928,^[1] and in later years was secretary of its political committee, in addition to being president of the Scottish Library Association.

Buchanan was the Member of Parliament for Glasgow Springburn from 1964 to 1979, preceding Michael Martin.^[1] In 1981, two years after leaving Parliament, he was one of 13 former Labour MPs whose name featured publicly in support of the Limehouse Declaration, which announced the formation of the breakaway Social Democratic Party (SDP).^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b Stenton, Michael; Lees, Stephen (1981). Who's Who of British Members of Parliament. Vol. IV. Brighton: Harvester Press. p. 48.
^ "Advertisement - Council for Social Democracy". The Guardian. 5 February 1981. p. 3. Reproduced in "5 February 1981: Support for the SDP". From the archive blog. The Guardian. 3 June 2011. Retrieved 23 September 2024.

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by John Forman	Member of Parliament for Glasgow Springburn 1964 – 1979	Succeeded by Michael Martin

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