Estate Agents Act
Estate Agents Act 1979 regulates estate agency work and enforcement powers
Role range: 1976-1979 – 1976-1979
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James Callaghan Biography and Timeline — Page 5
Follow James Callaghan through 171 dated historical records for Great Britain.
James Callaghan, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
171Distinct records
5 of 5Page
1979–2005Years on this page
1979
Pay Policy
Sees the pay policy breakdown damage Labour before the general election.
Role range: 1974-1979 – 1976-1979
Sale of Goods Act
Sale of Goods Act 1979 consolidates sale of goods law and implied terms
Role range: 1976-1979 – 1976-1979
Social Contract
Sees the Social Contract collapse amid the Winter of Discontent.
Role range: 1974-1979 – 1976-1979
Scottish Assembly Referendum
A majority of votes cast supported an assembly, but the statutory forty percent electorate threshold was not met.
No Confidence Motion Recorded
The Commons defeated Callaghan's government by one vote in a recorded confidence division, triggering a general election.
1980
Resignation of James Callaghan
Resigns as Party Leader of the Labour Party
Role range: 1976-1980
1983
Member of Parliament
Declares he is opposed to unilateral nuclear disarmament, against Labours policy
1987
Peerage
Made a life peer
Retirement
Retires from the House of Commons & enters the Lords
2005
Death of James Callaghan
Death of James Callaghan
Records, sources and methodology
These dates and descriptions come from the historical_events database. Exact duplicate records have been collapsed. Names are grouped by the country, Name 2 and Name 1 fields; records with missing Name 2 cannot be reliably assigned to an individual biography. Check the underlying sources before formal citation.