Colin Phipps

Dr
Colin Phipps
Member of Parliament for Dudley West
In office
28 February 1974 – 7 April 1979
Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded byJohn Blackburn
Personal details
Born
Colin Barry Phipps

(1934-07-02)2 July 1934
Swansea, Wales
Died10 January 2009(2009-01-10) (aged 74)
Birmingham, England
Political partyLabour (until 1981)
SDP (1981–88)
'Continuing' SDP (1988–90)
Spouse
Marion Lawrey
(m. 1956)
ChildrenFour
Alma materUniversity College London
University of Birmingham

Colin Barry Phipps (23 July 1934 – 10 January 2009) was a British petroleum geologist and chairman of several petroleum companies. From 1974 to 1979 he was a Labour Party Member of Parliament, but in the 1980s he joined the Social Democratic Party (SDP).