Kevin McNamara obituary

Veteran Hull MP and dedicated republican who served as Labour’s Northern Ireland spokesman in the 1980s and 90sKevin McNamara, who has died aged 82, was the victor of one of the most important byelections in postwar parliamentary history, fought in the snowbound streets of Kingston upon Hull North in January 1966. The various consequences of Labour’s unexpectedly large majority were a general election within two months, authoritatively confirming Harold Wilson in power in his second