Michael Mackintosh Foot Biography and Timeline — Page 2

Member of Parliament

Elected Member of Parliament for Ebbw Vale

Bevan Succession

Returns to Parliament as the political heir to Aneurin Bevan in Ebbw Vale.

Role range: 1960-1992

Election

Foot returns to Parliament in 1960 at a by-election in Ebbw Vale in Monmouthshire, left vacant by Bevan's death

RAF Estimates

Rebels over Royal Air Force estimates, leading to withdrawal of the Labour whip.

Role range: 1960-1992

Whip

Deprived of the whip for his criticism of the party leadership

Who Killed Kennedy Committee

Joins Bertrand Russell's committee questioning the official account of Kennedy's assassination.

Role range: 1960-1992

General Election - General Election

Retains Ebbw Vale for Labour during Harold Wilson's strengthened parliamentary majority.

Role range: 1960-1992

General Election Election Outcome

General election outcome recorded for Michael Mackintosh Foot: Retains Ebbw Vale for Labour during Harold Wilson's strengthened parliamentary majority.

Role range: 1960-1992

General Election Government

Government context for this general election: Retains Ebbw Vale for Labour during Harold Wilson's strengthened parliamentary majority.

Role range: 1960-1992

General Election

Retains Ebbw Vale for Labour during Harold Wilson's strengthened parliamentary majority.

Role range: 1960-1992

Member of Parliament

Unsuccessfully challenges for the Deputy Leadership of the Labour Party

Member of Parliament

Unsuccessfully challenges for the Deputy Leadership of the Labour Party

National Executive Committee

Begins a long period on Labour's National Executive Committee.

Role range: 1971-1983

Social Contract

Links Labour's industrial relations policy with repeal of Conservative trade union legislation.

Role range: 1972-1974

Cabinet

Enters Harold Wilson's cabinet as Secretary of State for Employment.

Role range: 1974-1979 – 1974-1976

Pay Policy

Takes responsibility for employment policy as Labour seeks voluntary wage restraint.

Role range: 1974-1979 – 1974-1976

Secretary of State for Employment

Appointed Employment Secretary

Role range: 1974-1979 – 1974-1976

Social Contract

Begins implementing Labour's industrial relations programme with trade union support.

Role range: 1974-1979 – 1974-1976

Health and Safety Bill

Presents arguments for workplace safety legislation built around recognised trade unions.

Role range: 1974-1979 – 1974-1976

Social Contract

Helps deliver the Health and Safety at Work Act during the Social Contract period.

Role range: 1974-1979 – 1974-1976

Social Contract

Uses workplace safety reform to show the social side of Labour's union bargain.

Role range: 1974-1979 – 1974-1976

Legislation

Responsible for the Health and Safety at Work Act

Role range: 1974-1979 – 1974-1976

Reform of Trade

Strengthens employment rights for trades unions, particularly the closed shop

Role range: 1974-1979 – 1974-1976

Trade Union and Labour Relations Act

Helps repeal key parts of the Conservative Industrial Relations Act.

Role range: 1974-1979 – 1974-1976

Social Contract

Presents the Employment Protection Bill as part of Labour's industrial relations programme.

Role range: 1974-1979 – 1974-1976

Social Contract

Defends pay-control legislation while stressing union consultation.

Role range: 1974-1979 – 1974-1976

Social Contract

Delivers employment rights legislation promised through the Social Contract.

Role range: 1974-1979 – 1974-1976

Employment Protection Act

Advances employment protection and trade union rights during the Wilson government.

Role range: 1974-1979 – 1974-1976

Pay Policy

Defends the voluntary pay policy while maintaining Labour's trade union links.

Role range: 1974-1979 – 1974-1976

Referendum

Foot is one of the mainstays of the "no" campaign in the 1975 referendum on British membership of the European Economic Community

Role range: 1974-1979 – 1974-1976

Deputy Party Leader

Appointed Deputy Leader of the Labour Party

Role range: 1974-1979

Election

Defeats Shirley Williams by 166 votes to 128 for the Labour Party Deputy Leadership

Role range: 1974-1979

Deputy Party Leader

Elected Deputy Leader and serves as Leader of the House of Commons, which gave him the unenviable task of trying to maintain the survival of the Callaghan Government as its majority evaporated

Devolution

Responsible for Labour's policy of devolution in Scotland & Wales

Role range: 1974-1979

Labour Leadership Election

Leads the first ballot after Wilson resigns but loses the final contest to James Callaghan.

Role range: 1974-1979 – 1976-1976

International Declaration

Foot, along with Jennie Lee and others, courted controversy when they supported Indira Gandhi, the Prime Minister of India, after she prompted the declaration of a state of emergency

Role range: 1974-1979 – 1976-1979

Lord President

Appointed Lord President

Role range: 1974-1979 – 1976-1979

State of Emergency

Foot, along with Jennie Lee and others, courted controversy when they supported Indira Gandhi, the Prime Minister of India, after she prompted the declaration of a state of emergency

Role range: 1974-1979 – 1976-1979

Leader of House of Commons

Elected Deputy Leader and serves as Leader of the House of Commons, which gave him the unenviable task of trying to maintain the survival of the Callaghan Government as its majority evaporated

Party Leader

Foot contests the party leadership and led in the first ballot, but was ultimately defeated by James Callaghan