Veteran Labour MP Dennis Skinner has lost the Bolsover seat he has held for 49 years. The 87-year-old was beaten by Conservative candidate Mark Fletcher by 5,299 votes. Skinner - nicknamed the ...

Dennis Skinner, the so-called Beast of Bolsover, lost the seat he had held since 1970, in December. The track Tony Skinner's Lad, by musician Robb Johnson, is a tribute to the acerbic politician ...