Norman West (26 November 1935 – 7 September 2009[1]) was a British politician, coal miner, and trade unionist.
Prior to this, West was a career coal miner and trade union activist who was elected to the South Yorkshire County Council.
He studied at Barnsley Grammar School before becoming a coal miner at Barrow Colliery, the local mine in Worsborough.
[2] West also became active in the Labour Party, and was elected to South Yorkshire County Council.
According to The Guardian, West was a "committed internationalist" despite personal "reservations about the case for British membership" in the EU.