Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Denis Murphy (born 2 November 1948) is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Wansbeck from 1997 until 2010. He attended the (Roman Catholic) St Cuthbert's Grammar School on Gretna Road in Newcastle upon Tyne. He then attended Northumberland College in Ashington. He had previously led Wansbeck District Council. He is a member of the NUM and was the only member of the 1997 intake to be backed by that union. Denis Murphy formerly worked down the mines himself. From 1965-9, he was an apprentice electrician. From 1969-94, he was an electrician at Ellington Colliery in Ellington, which closed in 2005.