Gerald Neil Steinberg (20 April 1945 – 19 August 2015)[1] was a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom.

He started teaching at Hexham Camp School in 1966, then moved to Elemore Hall in County Durham in 1969.

He joined the Labour Party in 1969,[2] and became election agent for Durham MP Mark Hughes in 1973.

In 1985 he was selected from a short list of six to be the Labour parliamentary candidate for Durham City, after Hughes had decided not to stand again.

[3] On 25 August 1969 he married Margaret Thornton, a teacher; the couple had two children, Harry and Lyanne.