Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Sir Stanley Graham Yapp (30 June 1933 – 1 April 2012) was a Labour politician in Birmingham, England, who became the first leader of the West Midlands County Council.He worked as a tool maker for GEC at their Witton, Birmingham, factory and entered politics after becoming active in the Amalgamated Engineering Union.In 1960, Yapp was elected to Birmingham City Council representing Kingstanding ward; he was re-elected there in 1963 and 1966, but lost his seat to the Conservatives in 1969.. }
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- Stan_Yapp comment "Sir Stanley Graham Yapp (30 June 1933 – 1 April 2012) was a Labour politician in Birmingham, England, who became the first leader of the West Midlands County Council.He worked as a tool maker for GEC at their Witton, Birmingham, factory and entered politics after becoming active in the Amalgamated Engineering Union.In 1960, Yapp was elected to Birmingham City Council representing Kingstanding ward; he was re-elected there in 1963 and 1966, but lost his seat to the Conservatives in 1969.".