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Admin History:

Born on 10 June 1932 in Blackpool and educated at Nottingham University and Birmingham University, Peter Crampton followed his father into teaching. After teaching in Coventry, Birmingham and Uganda he took up a lectureship at Hull College of Higher Education, in 1989 he became MEP for Humberside and spent ten years in the post. Crampton played a key role in nuclear disarmament and was Chairman of the European Nuclear Disarmament Campaign from 1984-1986. He was devoted to Human Rights issues and championed Humberside's fishing and farming industries. He passed away on 12 July 2011.

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Subject and constituent files for MEP Peter Crampton covering his period in office 1989-1999, with some material relating to speeches and writings covering the period up to 2009.

The material is primarily in English but with some documents in German, Greek, French, Spanish, Swedish, Danish, Dutch and Italian.