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We have lost a great socialist in Alice Mahon
The former MP for Halifax was a credit to working-class politics and a committed fighter for peace. I shall miss her terribly, writes JEREMY CORBYN MP
Alice Mahon, a former MP for Halifax

TERRIBLE news came on Christmas Day that Alice Mahon had sadly passed away.

As the MP for Halifax, Mahon was utterly brilliant, determined, dogged and totally unfazed by the pomp and grandeur of Parliament.

Elected to Parliament in 1987, she was incredibly active on behalf of her constituents and proudly saw herself as a working-class MP.

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