A NEW book has been published about a famous Huddersfield politician.

Richard Wainwright was the Liberal MP for the Colne Valley area from 1966 to 1970 and again between 1974 and 1987.

He died in 2003.

Academic Matt Cole has written a new biography of one of the key figures in post-war centrist politics.

Richard Wainwright, the Liberals and Liberal Democrats: Unfinished Business is published by Manchester University Press.