Southwark Central By-election1948
Elected Labour MP for Southwark Central at a by-election.
Historical person
Roy Jenkins Biography
Historical biography and chronological timeline for Roy Jenkins, based on 24 World History Database records associated with Great Britain.
24 records1948–200316 events3 places
Chronological biography
1948
1964
Minister of Aviation1964
Appointed Minister of Aviation
1965
Home Secretary of Great Britain30 November 1965
Appointed Home Secretary, 1st term
1967
Chancellor of the Exchequer29 November 1967
Appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer
1970
Deputy Party Leader1970
Appointed Deputy Leader of the Labour Party
1972
Referendum1972
Resigns from the Deputy Leadership when an EC referendum becomes Labour Party policy
Resignation of Roy Jenkins1972
Resigns because he disagrees with Wilson's policy of Britain's entry into the EC
1973
Referendum1973
Resigns because he disagrees with Wilson's policy of Britain's entry into the EC
1974
Home Secretary of Great Britain5 March 1974
Appointed Home Secretary, 2nd term
1975
Referendum1975
Successfully helps to win the referendum for Britain to stay in the EC
1976
Election25 March 1976
Wins 56 votes in the first round of the leadership election and later withdraws.
1979
Dimbleby Lecture1979
Calls for a radical centre during the BBC Dimbleby Lecture.
Dimbleby Lecture1979
Uses the Dimbleby Lecture to promote the radical centre before the SDP split.
1981
Party Leader1981
Appointed Party Leader of the Social Democratic Party
SDP25 January 1981
One of the Gang of Four, former Labour ministers who found the SDP.
SDP Launch26 March 1981
Helps launch the Social Democratic Party with other Labour defectors.
1982
Member of Parliament1982
Elected Member of Parliament for Hillhead
1983
Resignation of Roy Jenkins1983
Resigns as Party Leader of the SDP
1987
House of Lords1987
Appointed to the House of Lords as Baron Jenkins of Hillhead.
Election11 June 1987
Defeated during the general election
Member of Parliament11 June 1987
Defeated during the general election
1988
Party Leader1988
Appointed Leader of the Social and Liberal Democrat Peers in the Lords
1997
Reform of Electoral System1 December 1997
Appointed chair of the Independent Commission on the Voting System.
2003
Death of Roy Jenkins5 January 2003
Death of Roy Jenkins
Titles and roles
Chancellor of the Exchequer · Deputy Leader of Labour Party · Home Secretary of Great Britain · Member of House of Lords · Member of Parliament · Member of Parliament for Hillhead · Minister of Aviation · Party Founder · Party Leader of SDP
Record provenance
This biography is assembled from World History Database records filtered by country and personal-name fields. Exact duplicate display records are removed. The database is an index rather than a complete narrative biography; formal research should verify entries against relevant primary or specialist sources.