[1] Watkins contested Bristol North West in 1964.
He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Consett from 1966 to 1983, when the seat was abolished in boundary changes.
He died on 23 August 2013 at the age of 87[3] from complications of a stroke suffered in December 2012.
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