Michael Collins Welsh (23 November 1926 – 20 January 2012)[1] was a coal miner[2] and Labour Party politician from South Yorkshire in England.
Welsh was educated at elementary schools, at the University of Sheffield and at Ruskin College in Oxford.
[5] In the 1981 Labour Party deputy leadership election in 1981, Welsh voted for the left-wing candidate Tony Benn in both ballots.
[6] During the Falklands War in May 1982, Welsh was one of 69 MPs who signed an early day motion calling for an immediate halt to hostilities.
[10] The four MPs (Welsh, Dennis Canavan, Ian Mikardo and Nigel Spearing) published a minority report which accused the government of obstructing the committee by "suppression of evidence and giving of false evidence" and called for a further enquiry.