Derek Anthony Enright (2 August 1935 – 31 October 1995) was a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom. Born in Thornaby-on-Tees, North Riding of Yorkshire, he attended St. Michael's College on St John's Road, Leeds (which has since merged with Mount St Mary's Catholic High School), then a grammar school. He was educated at Wadham College, Oxford, gaining a BA in Classics and a DipEd, and worked as a school teacher of classics at The John Fisher School, a Roman Catholic grammar school in Purley, London from 1959-1967. He was elected as a Labour Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for Leeds in 1979, staying until 1984. He was British Labour group spokesman on third world affairs and women's rights, and was later an EC delegate in Guinea Bissau. He contested Kent East in the 1984 European election. He was Member of Parliament (MP) in the House Of Commons for Hemsworth, West Yorkshire from 1991 until his death in 1995. He married Jane Simmons in 1963, and they had two sons and two daughters. He died from cancer aged 60. His son, Duncan Enright, was standing against David Cameron in Witney in the 2015 UK General Election.
Links To Peel[]
Peel played a track in 1993 on his show from Derek Enright reading the lyrics of the Beatles 'Eleanor Rigby' in Latin from the Exotic Beatles compilation album. On 2 March 1993, during a debate on the Education Reform Bill in the House Of Commons, Derek Enright read the lyrics of the Beatles Yellow Submarine in Latin to explain how he taught his pupils what optative and subjunctive were all about. The performance was curtailed by Geoffrey Lofthouse, the deputy speaker, who reminded Enright of the rules of the House.
Shows Played[]
- 1993
Derek Enright - Eleanor Rigby (in latin).avi
- 04 June 1993: ‘Eleanor Rigby in Latin (CD – The Exotic Beatles Part 1)’ (Exotica Records)
- 26 June 1993 (BFBS): ‘Eleanor Rigby in Latin (CD – The Exotic Beatles Part 1)’ (Exotica Records)
- 09 July 1993: ‘Eleanor Rigby in Latin (CD – The Exotic Beatles Part 1)’ (Exotica Records)