Edmund Marshall

Edmund Ian Marshall (31 May 1940 – 5 October 2023) was a British politician and churchman. After beginning his career as a Liberal councillor in Wallasey in the 1960s, he joined the Labour Party and was elected Member of Parliament for Goole at a 1971 by-election. He held the seat until 1983. He later joined the Social Democratic Party (SDP), which merged with the Liberals in 1988 to become the Liberal Democrats.

Edmund Marshall
Member of Parliament
for Goole
In office
27 May 1971  13 May 1983
Preceded byGeorge Jeger
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
Personal details
Born
Edmund Ian Marshall

(1940-05-31)31 May 1940
Manchester, England
Died5 October 2023(2023-10-05) (aged 83)
Norton Hawkfield, Somerset, England
Political partyLiberal (before 1967)
Labour (1967–85)
SDP (1985–88)
Liberal Democrats (after 1988)
Spouses
  • Margaret Antill
    (m. 1969; died 2007)
  • Margaret Masding
    (m. 2019)
Children1
Alma materMagdalen College, Oxford
University of Liverpool
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