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Atkinson was educated at technical school and became a design engineer at Manchester University . He served as a councillor on Manchester City Council 1945-49. He contested Manchester Wythenshawe in 1955 and Altrincham And Sale in 1959, before being elected for Tottenham in the 1964 General Election . A member of Labour's National Executive Committee for five years, Atkinson also served as the party's national tresaurer. As treasurer, he clashed with Chancellor Denis Healey at the 1976 Labour Party Conference.http://politics.guardian.co.uk/labour2001/story/0,1414,559923,00.html He did not contest the 1987 General Election , having been deselected by his constituency party in favour of Bernie Grant .http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/706403.stm SOURCES
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