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The Bishop

I've done some further digging. Here's what a Guardian article has to say about Eddie Milne, in an article from 19 April 1982 (Martin Linton, "Alliance Parties Falter in Run-up to Polls"):

"Before Easter Labour, revived by the former Independent Labour MP, Mr Eddie Milne, regained the Kitty Brewster ward in Blyth Valley from the Independent Labour Party, this time in a straight fight with the SDP."
...
"Kitty Brewster and Cowten [sic] ward
Blyth Valley Borough Council, Northumberland
Labour gain from ILP
                                                     %      %
Labour.....................................57   (49)
SDP..........................................43   (N/A)
ILP...........................................N/A (51)

So it seems he rejoined his old comrades, defeating the SDP in the process. He died in March 1983.

[Chris from Brum]

Jan 23, 2019 11:50:18 GMT The Bishop said:

Btw, its hard to believe but Ryman also claimed to be a left winger (and actually voted for Tony Benn in the 1981 deputy election) but by the time I went to Newcastle he was almost friendless and a universally derided figure. His last years were spent in total anonymity and even his date and manner of death remains obscure.

That's really odd. Even Wikipedia can't give a date or cause of death. But surely there would have been an announcement in the Commons of the death of a former member, wouldn't there?