Shirley Williams Biography

Historical biography and chronological timeline for Shirley Williams, based on 9 World History Database records associated with Great Britain.

9 records1974–19818 events1 places

Chronological biography

1974

Minister of Education1974

Government / Labour Party Government · Minister of Education · London

Appointed Minister for Education

Social Contract1974

Government / Labour Party Government · Secretary of State for Prices · London

Works on prices policy as Labour balances pay restraint with consumer protection.

Prices & Consumer Protection5 March 1974

Government / Labour Party Government · Secretary of State

Appointed Secretary of State for Prices & Consumer Protection

Secretary of State5 March 1974

Government / Labour Party Government · Secretary of State

Appointed Secretary of State for Prices & Consumer Protection

1976

Minister of Education10 September 1976

Government / Labour Party Government · Minister of Education

Appointed Secretary of State for Education & Science

Election21 October 1976

Government / Labour Party Government · Minister of Education

Michael Foot defeats Shiley Williams by 166 votes to 128 for the Deputy Leadership

1977

CLV1977

Government / Labour Party Government

Helps found the Campaign for Labour Victory, begining of the SDP

1981

Gang of Four25 January 1981

Politics / Social Democratic Party · Party Founder · London

Joins Jenkins, David Owen and Bill Rodgers in the SDP breakaway.

SDP25 January 1981

Politics / SDP · London

One of the "Gang of Four", former Labour Minister's who found the SDP

Titles and roles

Minister of Education · Party Founder · Secretary of State · Secretary of State for Prices

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.