Gordon Bagier
Gordon Alexander Thomas Bagier was a British Labour Party politician.Early life
Bagier was educated at Pendower Secondary Technical School on Fox and Hounds Lane in Benwell, Newcastle upon Tyne. He served in the Royal Marines from 1941–5, as a gunner aboard the light cruiser, and later played a part in her preservation. He was a signals inspector on British Railways. He served as a councillor on Keighley Borough Council 1956–60 and Sowerby Bridge Urban Council from 1962, and as President of the Yorkshire District Council of the National Union of Railwaymen.Parliamentary career
At the 1964 general election, Bagier stood in the Sunderland South constituency, where he defeated the sitting Conservative Member of Parliament, Paul Williams. He held the seat until his retirement at the 1987 general election, when his successor was the left-wing journalist Chris Mullin.Personal life
He married Violet Sinclair in 1949. They had two sons and two daughters. He died on 8 April 2012.
