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'''Terry Fields''' (born [[8 March]], [[1937]]) is a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[politics|politician]] and a former [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] [[Member of Parliament]] for Liverpool Broadgreen from [[1983]] until [[1992]]. |
'''Terry Fields''' (born [[8 March]], [[1937]]) is a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[politics|politician]] and a former [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] [[Member of Parliament]] for the (now defunct) [[United Kingdom constituencies|constituency]] of [[Liverpool]] [[Broadgreen, Merseyside|Broadgreen]] from [[1983]] until [[1992]]. |
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On [[11 July]], [[1991]], Fields was jailed for refusing to pay his [[poll tax]], having evaded a £373 bill. His [[court]] [[sentence (law)|sentence]] lasted 60 days, meaning Fields retained his seat in the [[British House of Commons|House of Commons]], as MPs automatically lose their seat if they are imprisoned for over a year. |
On [[11 July]], [[1991]], Fields was jailed for refusing to pay his [[poll tax]], having evaded a £373 bill. His [[court]] [[sentence (law)|sentence]] lasted 60 days, meaning Fields retained his seat in the [[British House of Commons|House of Commons]], as MPs automatically lose their seat if they are imprisoned for over a year. |
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Terry Fields (born 8 March, 1937) is a British politician and a former Labour Member of Parliament for the (now defunct) constituency of Liverpool Broadgreen from 1983 until 1992.
On 11 July, 1991, Fields was jailed for refusing to pay his poll tax, having evaded a £373 bill. His court sentence lasted 60 days, meaning Fields retained his seat in the House of Commons, as MPs automatically lose their seat if they are imprisoned for over a year.
A member of the Militant Tendency, Fields was criticised by members of the Labour Party, for his militant approach towards the poll tax, and his lack of support for other Labour candidates. He was expelled from the Labour Party in September 1991, by the leader of the Labour Party, Neil Kinnock, who stated: "Law makers must not be law breakers. I have always made that clear."
In the 1992 general election, he stood as an independent against the official Labour candidate, Jane Kennedy, but lost his seat, winning 14% of the vote.
See also
External links
- Anti-poll tax MP jailed, BBC News (retrieved July 1, 2005).
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