Andrew Bennett was an independently minded democratic socialist with strong environmental credentials and a dry sense of humour. In the 1979 general election he was defending a majority of more than 1,800 in Stockport North, and I went to campaign for him.
At the shops we encountered several mature women of a particular religious disposition who were exercised about the very existence of the Abortion Act. Andrew was known to have supported its passing, and opposed efforts to diminish or tighten its provisions.
