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Line 53: \| module = {{Listen\|pos=center\|embed=yes\|filename=Dennis Skinner joins cabin crew strikers.ogg\|title=Dennis Skinner's voice\|type=speech\|description=Skinner speaks to [[cabin crew]] strikers outside Parliament<br />Recorded 12 July 2017}} }} {{Republicanism sidebar}} '''Dennis Edward Skinner''' (born 11 February 1932) is a British former politician who served as [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)\|Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Bolsover (UK Parliament constituency)\|Bolsover]] for 49 years, from 1970 to 2019.<ref>{{cite web \|title=Mr Dennis Skinner \|url=https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-dennis-skinner/index.html \|website=[[Hansard\|Parliamentary Debates (Hansard)]] \|access-date=13 May 2021 \|archive-date=22 May 2021 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210522031317/https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-dennis-skinner/index.html \|url-status=live }}</ref> A member of the [[Labour Party (UK)\|Labour Party]], he is known for his left-wing views and [[Republicanism in the United Kingdom\|republican]] sentiments.<ref>{{cite web \|title=Parliamentary career for Mr Dennis Skinner – MPs and Lords \|url=https://members.parliament.uk/member/325/career \|website=UK Parliament \|access-date=13 May 2021 \|archive-date=8 May 2021 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210508161438/https://members.parliament.uk/member/325/career \|url-status=live }}</ref> Before entering Parliament, he worked for more than 20 years as a [[~~Coal mining\|~~coal miner]]. Nicknamed the "Beast of Bolsover", Skinner belonged to the [[Socialist Campaign Group]] of Labour MPs.<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/local/dennis-skinner-the-beast-of-bolsover-five-of-his-best-quotes-1-6968531\|title=Profile: Dennis Skinner, The Beast of Bolsover, 5 of his Best Quotes\|access-date=15 December 2014\|location=London\|work=The Star\|first=Michael\|last=Broomhead\|date=24 November 2014\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222083854/http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/local/dennis-skinner-the-beast-of-bolsover-five-of-his-best-quotes-1-6968531\|archive-date=22 December 2015\|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>[http://www.theweek.co.uk/62692/dennis-skinner-quotes-the-beast-of-bolsover-in-full-flow "Dennis Skinner quotes: the Beast of Bolsover in full flow"] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170413070957/http://www.theweek.co.uk/62692/dennis-skinner-quotes-the-beast-of-bolsover-in-full-flow \|date=13 April 2017 }}, ''The Week'', 25 February 2015. Retrieved 12 April 2017.</ref><ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/mps-expenses/5412667/Dennis-Skinner-claimed-for-accountants-fees-on-MPs-expenses.html\|title=Dennis Skinner: claimed for accountants' fees on MPs' expenses\|last=Hastings\|first=Chris\|work=The Telegraph\|access-date=4 April 2017\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170405170358/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/mps-expenses/5412667/Dennis-Skinner-claimed-for-accountants-fees-on-MPs-expenses.html\|archive-date=5 April 2017\|url-status=live}}</ref> He was a member of the [[National Executive Committee of the Labour Party]], with brief breaks, for 30 years, and was the committee's chairman from 1988 to 1989.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/mr-dennis-skinner/325\|title=Mr Dennis Skinner MP\|website=UK Parliament\|access-date=5 April 2017\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190428203610/https://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/mr-dennis-skinner/325/\|archive-date=28 April 2019\|url-status=live}}</ref> He was one of the longest serving members of the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom\|House of Commons]] and the longest continuously serving Labour MP.<ref>{{cite web \|title=Dennis Skinner \|url=https://www.ruskin.ac.uk/story/dennis-skinner/ \|website=[[Ruskin College]] \|access-date=17 February 2021 \|archive-date=20 January 2021 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120005802/https://www.ruskin.ac.uk/story/dennis-skinner/ \|url-status=live }}</ref> A lifelong [[Eurosceptic]], Skinner voted for [[Brexit\|the UK to leave the European Union]] in [[2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum\|the 2016 referendum]].<ref>{{cite web \|author=Pidd, Helen \|date=8 January 2019 \|title='The way the EU treated the UK opened my eyes': Bolsover's Brexit \|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/jan/08/the-way-the-eu-treated-the-uk-opened-my-eyes-bolsovers-brexit \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210210172827/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/jan/08/the-way-the-eu-treated-the-uk-opened-my-eyes-bolsovers-brexit \|archive-date=10 February 2021 \|access-date=3 May 2021 \|website=The Guardian}}</ref> Skinner lost his seat to [[Mark Fletcher (politician)\|Mark Fletcher]] of the [[Conservative Party (UK)\|Conservative Party]], and was succeeded as the Labour candidate for Bolsover by [[Natalie Fleet]]. Line 60 ⟶ 61: ==Early life and career== Born in [[Clay Cross]], [[Derbyshire]], Skinner is the third of nine children. His father Edward Skinner was a coal miner who was sacked after the [[~~1926 United Kingdom general strike\|~~1926 general strike]],<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2001/mar/20/profiles.parliament9\|title=Profile: Dennis Skinner\|access-date=9 June 2010\|location=London\|work=The Guardian\|first=Andrew\|last=Roth\|date=26 March 2001\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140108015104/http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2001/mar/20/profiles.parliament9\|archive-date=8 January 2014\|url-status=live}}</ref> and his mother Lucy was a cleaner.<ref name="contemplate">{{cite news\|last=Adams\|first=Tim\|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/jul/30/dennis-skinner-never-done-cross-party-stuff-nature-of-the-beast-documentary\|title=Dennis Skinner: 'I've never done any cross-party stuff. I can't even contemplate it'\|newspaper=[[The Observer]]\|date=30 July 2017\|access-date=30 July 2017\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170730084840/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/jul/30/dennis-skinner-never-done-cross-party-stuff-nature-of-the-beast-documentary\|archive-date=30 July 2017\|url-status=live}}</ref> In June 1942, at the age of 10, Skinner won a scholarship to attend [[Tupton Hall School\|Tupton Hall Grammar School]] after passing the [[eleven-plus]] a year early.<ref>Derbyshire Times and Chesterfield Herald – 12 June 1942</ref> In 1949, he went on to work as a coal miner at Parkhouse colliery, working there until its closure in 1962.<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/profile-the-beast-that-roars-from-the-pits-dennis-skinner-mp-incorruptible-class-act-1563086.html\|title=Profile: The beast that roars from the pits: Dennis Skinner MP, incorruptible class act\|newspaper=The Independent\|date=12 December 1992\|access-date=29 April 2010\|location=London\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090502021350/http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/profile-the-beast-that-roars-from-the-pits-dennis-skinner-mp-incorruptible-class-act-1563086.html\|archive-date=2 May 2009\|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=skinnerguardianinterview>{{cite news\|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/may/02/labour-mp-dennis-skinner-at-83-interview\|title=Labour's Dennis Skinner at 83: 'Father of the House? You must be joking'\|first=Stephen\|last=Moss\|date=2 May 2015\|newspaper=The Guardian\|access-date=3 April 2017\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170404132309/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/may/02/labour-mp-dennis-skinner-at-83-interview\|archive-date=4 April 2017\|url-status=live}}</ref> He then worked at Glapwell colliery near Bolsover.<ref name="contemplate"/> In 1956 Skinner entered the [[Sheffield Star Walk]], an amateur walking race, and finished second.<ref>{{cite book \|last1=Skinner \|first1=Dennis \|last2=Maguire \|first2=Kevin \|title=Sailing Close to the Wind: Reminiscences \|date=18 September 2014 \|publisher=Quercus \|isbn=978-1-78206-158-8 \|page=46 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_wphBQAAQBAJ \|access-date=23 September 2020 \|archive-date=20 December 2021 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211220111529/https://books.google.com/books?id=_wphBQAAQBAJ \|url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|last1=Graham \|first1=Jane \|title=Dennis Skinner: "I think the BBC decided to stop putting me on TV" \|url=https://www.bigissue.com/interviews/letter-to-my-younger-self/dennis-skinner/ \|access-date=20 August 2020 \|work=The Big Issue \|date=18 September 2017 \|archive-date=12 May 2019 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190512035819/https://www.bigissue.com/interviews/letter-to-my-younger-self/dennis-skinner/ \|url-status=live }}</ref> In 1966, Skinner became the youngest-ever president of the Derbyshire region of the [[National Union of Mineworkers (Great Britain)\|National Union of Mineworkers]].<ref>''[[Derby Daily Telegraph]]'', 21 March 1966, page 9.</ref><ref>''[[Derby Daily Telegraph]]'', 28 June 1966, page 5</ref> After working for 20 years as a miner,<ref name=burtonmail>{{cite web\|url=http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/dennis-skinner-beast-bolsover-roaring/story-25886599-detail/story.html\|title=Dennis Skinner, the 'Beast of Bolsover', is still roaring\|date=19 January 2015\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150805123814/http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/Dennis-Skinner-Beast-Bolsover-roaring/story-25886599-detail/story.html\|archive-date=5 August 2015}}</ref> he became a member of [[Derbyshire County Council]]<ref name="burtonmail"/> and a Clay Cross councillor in the 1960s.<ref name=skinnerguardianinterview/><ref>''[[Derby Daily Telegraph]]'', 29 December 1962, page 10.</ref> As chairman of the Clay Cross Council, Skinner was noted for his decision not to wear the traditional council dress and gold chain: "My conscience would not permit me to wear it, because I believe... all the pomp and ceremony attached to local government [and] Parliament is outdated and a waste of time".<ref>''[[The Sunday People\|The People]]'', 15 May 1966, page 17.</ref> In 1967, he attended [[Ruskin College]], after completing a course run by the National Union of Mineworkers at the [[University of Sheffield]].<ref name="contemplate"/><ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/jul/07/thanks-ruskin-college\|title=Thanks to Ruskin\|date=7 July 2014\|work=The Guardian\|access-date=5 April 2017\|issn=0261-3077\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170406111239/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/jul/07/thanks-ruskin-college\|archive-date=6 April 2017\|url-status=live}}</ref> Skinner resigned from the colliery and the Derbyshire Miners' Union shortly after his election to parliament in June 1970.<ref>''[[Nottingham Guardian]]'', 25 June 1970, page 7.</ref> Line 93 ⟶ 94: Following the sudden death of [[John Smith (Labour Party leader)\|John Smith]] in 1994, Skinner was among the MPs to pay tribute to him, saying that despite coming from a different wing of the Labour Party, he and Smith "never had words in anger", and said that he would have become Prime Minister and praised Smith for "dragging the Labour Party from the depths of despair to the pinnacles of power." Skinner concluded his tribute by saying that the best tribute to Smith would be to pass the Disabled Person's Act in his memory.<ref>{{Citation \|title=Dennis Skinner pays tribute to John Smith \|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4frKXTrjyk \|access-date=2023-12-19 \|language=en}}</ref> [[File:Dennis Skinner and John Prescott, 2016 Labour Party Conference.jpg\|upright\|thumb\|Skinner at the 2016 [[Labour Party Conference]] with [[John Prescott]]\|left]]In 2000, Skinner denounced former ally [[Ken Livingstone]], then serving as a Labour MP. Livingstone had failed to win the party's nomination to be a candidate for [[Mayor of London]], and had then decided to run as an independent candidate instead, urging his supporters to help [[Green Party of England and Wales\|Green Party]] candidates get elected. Skinner said that Livingstone had betrayed Labour Party activists in his [[~~Brent East (UK Parliament constituency)\|~~Brent East]] constituency, whom he described as having fought for him "like tigers" when his majority had been small: "He tells them he's going to be the Labour candidate, then he lies to them. To me that's as low as you can get". He contrasted Livingstone with the official Labour candidate, fellow MP [[Frank Dobson]], saying that Dobson was "a bloke and a half... not a prima donna ... not someone with an ego as big as a house". Skinner said Livingstone would "hit the headlines, but you'll never be able to trust him because he's broken his pledge and his loyalty to his party. The personality cult of the ego does not work down a coal mine and it does not work in the Labour Party".<ref>{{cite web \|last=White \|first=Michael \|date=20 April 2000 \|title=Old leftwing ally Skinner turns on Livingstone \|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2000/apr/20/londonmayor.uk \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151020001806/http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2000/apr/20/londonmayor.uk \|archive-date=20 October 2015 \|access-date=9 October 2015 \|work=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref> Conversely, despite his renowned left-wing views, Skinner for a long time had a positive relationship with Prime Minister [[Tony Blair]], a leading figure on the right wing of the party, stemming from advice that Skinner gave Blair regarding public speaking.<ref name="guardian" /> As recently as 2018, he described the [[Premiership of Tony Blair\|Blair]] and [[Brown ministry\|Gordon Brown]] ministries as a "golden period" for the NHS.<ref>{{cite web \|last=Forrester \|first=Kate \|date=7 February 2018 \|title=Dennis Skinner Claims Tony Blair's Government Was A 'Golden Period' \|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/dennis-skinner-praises-blair-government-as-golden-period_uk_5a7af5fbe4b0d0ef3c0b4277 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180227190628/http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/dennis-skinner-praises-blair-government-as-golden-period_uk_5a7af5fbe4b0d0ef3c0b4277 \|archive-date=27 February 2018 \|access-date=18 May 2019 \|website=[[HuffPost]]}}</ref> However, Skinner strongly criticised Blair in 2019, after the former Prime Minister had advised pro-Remain Labour supporters who felt that the party's line on Brexit was too ambiguous to vote for explicitly pro-Remain parties in the [[2019 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom\|2019 European Parliament election]]; in the ''[[Morning Star (British newspaper)\|Morning Star]]'', Skinner described Blair as a "destructive force" who was "try(ing) to destroy the Labour Party so people keep talking about his reign" and stating that he "went into Iraq and destroyed himself. He helped David Cameron and [[Theresa May]] into power. You're talking about a man who made a mess of it."<ref>{{cite web \|last=Chacko \|first=Ben \|author-link=Ben Chacko \|date=12 May 2019 \|title=Blair is a 'destructive force' intent on 'destroying' Labour, Skinner warns \|url=https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/b/blair-is-destructive-force-intent-on-destroying-labour-skinner-warns \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190518160811/https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/b/blair-is-destructive-force-intent-on-destroying-labour-skinner-warns \|archive-date=18 May 2019 \|access-date=18 May 2019 \|website=[[Morning Star (British newspaper)\|Morning Star]]}}</ref> Line 99 ⟶ 100: Skinner supported [[David Miliband]] in the [[2010 Labour Party leadership election (UK)\|2010 Labour leadership election]], which was won by his brother [[Ed Miliband]].<ref>{{cite news \|date=10 September 2010 \|title=David Miliband's Labour leadership bid wins backing of Dennis Skinner \|work=The Guardian \|agency=[[Press Association]] \|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2010/sep/10/david-miliband-backing-dennis-skinner \|url-status=live \|access-date=17 October 2011 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140107231243/http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2010/sep/10/david-miliband-backing-dennis-skinner \|archive-date=7 January 2014}}</ref> In March 2011, he was one of 15 MPs<ref>{{cite web \|date=22 March 2011 \|title=The full list of how MPs voted on Libya action \|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-12816279 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130402044355/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-12816279 \|archive-date=2 April 2013 \|access-date=28 June 2016 \|work=BBC News}}</ref> who voted against [[Operation Ellamy\|British participation in NATO's Libya intervention]]. Skinner was one of 36 Labour MPs to nominate [[Jeremy Corbyn]] as a candidate in the [[2015 Labour Party leadership election (UK)\|Labour leadership election of 2015]].<ref name="Corb_nom">{{cite news \|date=15 June 2015 \|title=Who nominated who for the 2015 Labour leadership election? \|work=New Statesman \|url=http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2015/06/who-nominated-who-2015-labour-leadership-election \|url-status=live \|access-date=26 November 2015 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180628072303/https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2015/06/who-nominated-who-2015-labour-leadership-election \|archive-date=28 June 2018}}</ref> Shortly after Corbyn was elected as leader, Skinner was elected to [[Labour's National Executive Committee]],<ref>{{cite news \|last=Gibbon \|first=Gary \|date=27 September 2015 \|title=Hilary Benn bumped off NEC as Trident debate looms \|work=Channel 4 News \|url=https://www.channel4.com/news/by/gary-gibbon/blogs/hilary-benn-bumped-nec-trident-debate-looms \|url-status=live \|access-date=16 June 2019 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190616143623/https://www.channel4.com/news/by/gary-gibbon/blogs/hilary-benn-bumped-nec-trident-debate-looms \|archive-date=16 June 2019}}</ref> on which he remained until October 2016.<ref>{{cite news \|last=Pope \|first=Conor \|date=4 July 2016 \|title=Corbynistas and rebels make NEC gains as Skinner steps down \|work=LabourList \|url=https://labourlist.org/2016/07/corbynistas-and-rebels-make-gains-on-nec-as-skinner-steps-down/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=16 June 2019 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190616092300/https://labourlist.org/2016/07/corbynistas-and-rebels-make-gains-on-nec-as-skinner-steps-down/ \|archive-date=16 June 2019}}</ref> Skinner supported Corbyn, alongside the majority of Labour MPs, in voting against the extension of RAF airstrikes against [[~~Islamic State\|~~ISIS]] in [[Syria]] in December 2015.<ref>{{cite news \|last=Stone \|first=Jon \|date=3 December 2015 \|title=How MPs voted on bombing ISIS in Syria – full list \|work=[[The Independent]] \|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/how-mps-voted-on-bombing-isis-in-syria-full-list-a6758371.html \|url-status=live \|access-date=3 December 2015 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151203123430/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/how-mps-voted-on-bombing-isis-in-syria-full-list-a6758371.html \|archive-date=3 December 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|date=3 December 2015 \|title=Syria strikes: Find out how your MP voted \|work=BBC News \|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-34987921 \|url-status=live \|access-date=3 December 2015 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151203070703/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-34987921 \|archive-date=3 December 2015}}</ref> Skinner has stated that he voted for [[Brexit\|the UK to leave the European Union]] in [[2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum\|the 2016 referendum]].<ref>{{cite news \|date=9 June 2016 \|title=Beast of Bolsover backs Brexit {{!}} Coffee House \|work=Coffee House \|url=https://blogs.spectator.co.uk/2016/06/beast-bolsover-backs-brexit/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=4 April 2017 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170405170336/https://blogs.spectator.co.uk/2016/06/beast-bolsover-backs-brexit/ \|archive-date=5 April 2017}}</ref> Line 107 ⟶ 108: ===Suspensions=== Skinner was [[Suspension from the UK parliament\|suspended from Parliament]] on at least 10 occasions, usually for [[unparliamentary language]] when attacking opponents. Notable infractions included: * In 1980, he attempted to raise points of order during question time, against parliamentary practice,{{efn\|In the UK Parliament, points of order are customarily only raised after question time and statements. In other countries with use the Westminster Parliamentary system, such as in [[Parliament of Australia\|Australia]], points of order can be raised during question time.\|efn}} which led to a prolonged altercation with [[Speaker of the House of Commons (United Kingdom)\|Speaker of the House of Commons]] [[George Thomas, 1st Viscount Tonypandy\|George Thomas]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1980/jun/24/long-term-unemployed-persons#S5CV0987P0_19800624_HOC_54\|date=24 June 1980\|title=Long-term Unemployed Persons \|website=[[Hansard\|Parliamentary Debates (Hansard)]]}}</ref> * In 1981, accusing Speaker Thomas (a former Labour MP) of attending functions to raise funds for the governing Conservative Party.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1981/jul/07/engagements#S6CV0008P0_19810707_HOC_138\|title=Engagements \|access-date=6 June 2021\|archive-date=6 June 2021\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210606094311/https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1981/jul/07/engagements#S6CV0008P0_19810707_HOC_138\|work=[[Hansard\|Parliamentary Debates (Hansard)]]\|date=7 July 1981\|url-status=live}}</ref> * Twice in 1984, once for accusing Prime Minister [[Margaret Thatcher]] of "bribing judges" in relation to a court case the government had won relating to banning [[GCHQ]] employees from [[trade union]] membership;<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2010/jun/09/heckle-house-commons\|title=When is it a heckle too far for the House of Commons?\|last=White\|first=Michael\|date=9 June 2010\|work=The Guardian\|access-date=3 April 2017\|issn=0261-3077\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170404132405/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2010/jun/09/heckle-house-commons\|archive-date=4 April 2017\|url-status=live}}</ref> and the second time for calling [[Social Democratic Party (UK)\|SDP]] leader [[David Owen]] a "pompous sod" (and only agreeing to withdraw "pompous").<ref name="Silvera">{{cite news\|url=http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/dennis-skinner-five-times-rebellious-labour-mp-kicked-out-parliament-again-1554384\|title=Dennis Skinner's record of rebellion: Veteran Labour MP kicked out of parliament yet again\|last=Silvera\|first=Ian\|date=12 April 2016\|work=International Business Times UK\|access-date=3 April 2017\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170404215531/http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/dennis-skinner-five-times-rebellious-labour-mp-kicked-out-parliament-again-1554384\|archive-date=4 April 2017\|url-status=live}}</ref> Line 147 ⟶ 148: \|2004\|\|"Aye, you've got a job to aspire to."\|\|Spoken to Black Rod.<ref>{{cite video\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMSCITZB7ws\|title=Dennis Skinner– A collection of quips to Blackrod from 1989–2013–State Opening of Parliament\|date=16 March 2013\|time=9:19\|access-date=29 November 2016\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170410194311/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMSCITZB7ws\|archive-date=10 April 2017\|url-status=live}}</ref> \|- valign="top" \|2005\|\|"Has she brought [[Queen Camilla\|Camilla]] with her?"\|\|Of the Queen<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1490210/Uniform-response-from-Lords-sets-the-standard.html\|title=Uniform response from Lords sets the standard\|first=Andrew\|last=Gimson\|access-date=15 March 2018\|date=17 May 2005\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180316081915/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1490210/Uniform-response-from-Lords-sets-the-standard.html\|archive-date=16 March 2018\|url-status=live}}</ref> in reference to the recent [[Wedding of Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles\|wedding]] of [[~~Charles III\|~~Charles, Prince of Wales]].<ref name="news.bbc.co.uk">{{cite news\|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/9/newsid_4872000/4872424.stm\|title=BBC ON THIS DAY {{!}} 9 {{!}} 2005: Prince Charles marries Camilla\|website=BBC News\|access-date=5 April 2017\|date=9 April 2005\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080121045312/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/9/newsid_4872000/4872424.stm\|archive-date=21 January 2008\|url-status=live}}</ref> \|- valign="top" \|2006\|\|"Have you got [[Helen Mirren]] on standby?"\|\|Reference to Mirren's portrayal of Elizabeth II in the 2006 film, ''[[The Queen (2006 film)\|The Queen]]''.<ref name="Gani">{{cite news\|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/may/27/dennis-skinner-queens-speech-quip-fighting-scots-nats\|title=Dennis Skinner explains lack of Queen's speech quip: 'I was fighting Scots Nats'\|last=Gani\|first=Aisha\|date=27 May 2015\|work=The Guardian\|access-date=3 April 2017\|issn=0261-3077\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170309082438/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/may/27/dennis-skinner-queens-speech-quip-fighting-scots-nats\|archive-date=9 March 2017\|url-status=live}}</ref> Line 187 ⟶ 188: {{Election box turnout\|votes=45,938\|percentage=61.1\|change=−2.2}} {{Election box gain with party link\|winner=Conservative Party (UK)\|loser=Labour Party (UK)\|swing=+11.5}} {{Election box end}}{{Election box begin\|title=[[~~2017 United Kingdom general election\|~~General election 2017]]: Bolsover}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link\|party=Labour Party (UK)\|candidate=Dennis Skinner\|votes=24,153\|percentage=51.9\|change=+0.7}} {{Election box candidate with party link\|party=Conservative Party (UK)\|candidate=Helen Harrison\|votes=18,865\|percentage=40.5\|change=+16.0}} Line 321 ⟶ 322: Skinner is a supporter of [[Derby County Football Club]] and [[Derbyshire County Cricket Club]].<ref>{{cite news \|date=18 March 2003 \|title=Skinner undergoes by-pass surgery \|work=BBC News \|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/2859277.stm \|url-status=live \|access-date=18 May 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181003043855/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/2859277.stm \|archive-date=3 October 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|date=18 March 2003 \|title=Dennis Skinner has heart operation \|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/1424949/Dennis-Skinner-has-heart-operation.html \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160229074801/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/1424949/Dennis-Skinner-has-heart-operation.html \|archive-date=29 February 2016 \|access-date=23 January 2020 \|website=www.telegraph.co.uk}}</ref> ==Notes== {{Notelist}} ==References== Line 399 ⟶ 403: [[Category:People from Clay Cross]] [[Category:People from South Normanton]] [[Category:Socialist Campaign Group]] [[Category:UK MPs 1970–1974]] [[Category:UK MPs 1974]]