Richard Winterbottom

Richard Emanuel Winterbottom was a British Labour Party politician.
Born in Oldham, Lancashire, Winterbottom served in the Royal Navy during World War I. He became an area organiser for a predecessor of the Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers in 1931, then the national organiser in 1944. In 1950, he was elected as the Member of [Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament] for Sheffield Brightside, serving for his first year as Parliamentary Private Secretary to Ness Edwards.
Winterbottom remained in Parliament until his death in 1968.