Editing Ken Purchase

{{Short description|British politician (1939–2016)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix = 
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| image            = Ken Purchase MP.jpg
| parliament       = United Kingdom
| constituency_MP  = [[Wolverhampton North East]]
| majority         = 
| predecessor      = [[Maureen Hicks]]
| successor        = [[Emma Reynolds]]
| term_start       = 9 April 1992
| term_end         = 12 April 2010
| birth_name       = Kenneth Purchase
| birth_date       = {{Birth date|1939|01|8|df=yes}}
| birth_place      = [[Wolverhampton]], England
| death_date       = {{death date and age|2016|08|28|1939|01|8|df=y}}
| death_place      = Wolverhampton, England
| nationality      = British
| party            = [[Labour and Co-operative]]
| spouse           = {{marriage|Brenda Sanders|1960}}
| children         = 2
| alma_mater       = [[University of Wolverhampton]]
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'''Kenneth Purchase''' (8 January 1939 – 28 August 2016) was a British [[Labour Co-operative]] politician who served as [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] for [[Wolverhampton North East (UK Parliament constituency)|Wolverhampton North East]] from 1992 to 2010.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/sep/05/kenneth-purchase-obituary|title=Kenneth Purchase obituary|first=Julia|last=Langdon|authorlink=Julia Langdon |date=5 September 2016|work=The Guardian|accessdate=5 September 2016}}</ref>

==Early life==
He attended Springfield Secondary Modern School (became Woden Primary School) on Springfield Road in Wolverhampton. At [[University of Wolverhampton|Wolverhampton Polytechnic]], (now [[Wolverhampton University]]) he gained a [[Bachelor of Arts|BA]] in Social Science. Ken worked as a [[co-operative]] development officer. He was an apprentice toolmaker in the foundry industry from 1956–60 at the firm of Arthur Shaw & Company at [[Willenhall]]<ref name=funeral>{{cite news|url=http://expressandstar.com/news/2016/09/20/ken-purchase-funeral-to-dedicated-man-of-the-people/|work=Express & Star|date= 20 September 2016|title= Ken Purchase, funeral to dedicated man of the people|accessdate=22 September 2016}}{{Dead link|date=December 2019 |fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> From 1960–8, he worked in experimental component development in the aerospace industry. From 1968–76, he was a toolroom machinist in the car industry. He worked in the property division of Telford Development Corporation. From 1981–2, he was a housing officer in the Housing Department of [[Metropolitan Borough of Walsall|Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council]].<ref name=funeral/> From 1982–92, he was a [[Business development|Business Development Advisor]] at Black Country CDA Ltd. He was a councillor on Wolverhampton Metropolitan Borough Council from 1970–90.

==Parliamentary career==
He unsuccessfully contested Wolverhampton North East in [[1987 United Kingdom general election|1987]], before winning at the next general election in [[1992 United Kingdom general election|1992]]. He served as [[Parliamentary Private Secretary]] to [[Robin Cook]] for six years.

On 27 October 2007 Purchase announced his intention to retire at the [[2010 United Kingdom general election|next general election]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.expressandstar.com/2007/10/27/city-mp-ken-to-retire|title=City MP Ken to retire|work=Express & Star|date=27 October 2007|accessdate=3 November 2007|archive-date=3 December 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071203113627/http://www.expressandstar.com/2007/10/27/city-mp-ken-to-retire/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Personal life==
He married Brenda Sanders on 20 August 1960 in [[Rowley Regis]]. They had two daughters, Samantha and Lisa, who survived him. He died in August 2016 aged 77 and was cremated at [[Bushbury]] Crematorium, Wolverhampton.<ref name=funeral/>

==References==
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== External links ==
* [http://politics.guardian.co.uk/person/0,9290,-4287,00.html Guardian Unlimited Politics – Ask Aristotle: Ken Purchase MP]
* [https://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/ken_purchase/wolverhampton_north_east TheyWorkForYou.com – Ken Purchase MP]
* {{Hansard-contribs | mr-ken-purchase | Ken Purchase }}
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/mpdb/html/640.stm BBC Politics] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20071021084328/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/mpdb/html/640.stm |date=21 October 2007 }}
* [https://www.kenpurchasemp.co.uk/ Ken Purchase] official site

===News items===
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2012110.stm Dog owners in May 2002]

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