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Julia Coleman

REVEALED: Ian laidlaw dickson obituary - The Real Truth

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Ian Laidlaw-Dickson
Ian Laidlaw-Dickson undertook many roles in the Labour party in the Hemel Hempstead consituency Photograph: family photo

My partner, Ian Laidlaw-Dickson, who has died aged 75 of a rare form of cancer, was an election agent and a former senior Labour party councillor in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, alongside a career as a manager with BT.

Ian was a member of the Labour party for almost 50 years, having joined in 1974 when Harold Wilson was the prime minister.

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