Michael Gallagher (1 July 1934 – 10 June 2015)[1] was a British miner, politician and software development company executive.
Gallagher was born in Seaham in the mining area of County Durham, and attended St Mary Magdalene Junior School and St Joseph's Secondary Modern School in the town.
However, the change of policy of the Labour Party in the early 1980s led to his increasing disillusionment with the state of politics.
The Nottingham constituency was subject to boundary changes at the 1984 elections, and Gallagher chose to abandon it and seek re-election as an SDP candidate in Lancashire Central.
He was a Director of Simple Solutions 4 U, a business management and website marketing company based in the East Midlands.