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Great Britain · Government / Labour Party Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

33Records
1903–1997Date range
29Named people
23Places

Chronological records

1903

Arthur Henderson1903

Government / Labour Party Government

Elected Member of Parliament

1906

John Robert Clynes1906

Manchester · Government / Labour Party Government

Stands for the new Labour Party in the general election and is elected to Parliament for Manchester North East

1922

Sidney James Webb Passfield, 1st1922

Seaham · Government / Labour Party Government

Elected Member of Parliament, for Seaham at the 1922 general election

1924

Edward Hugh John Neale Dalton1924

Bishop Auckland · Government / Labour Party Government

Elected Member of Parliament for Bishop Auckland

1929

Aneurin Bevan1929

Ebbw Vale · Government / Labour Party Government

Elected Member of Parliament for Ebbw Vale, 1929-60

1931

Aneurin Bevan1931

Ebbw Vale · Government / Labour Party Government

One of just 52 Labour MPs elected to Parliament

1935

Harold Nicolson1935

London · Government / Labour Party Government

Elected Member of Parliament for Leicester West

1945

James Callaghan5 July 1945

Cardiff · Government / Labour Party Government

Elected Member of Parliament

Michael Mackintosh Foot1945

Plymouth · Government / Labour Party Government

Elected Member of Parliament for Plymouth, Devonport

Hugh Todd Naylor Gaitskell1945

Leeds · Government / Labour Party Government

First elected Member of Parliament for Leeds South

1950

Clement Richard Attlee Attlee, 1st1950

West Walthamstow · Government / Labour Party Government

Elected Member of Parliament for West Walthamstow

Anthony Wedgewood Benn1950

Government / Labour Party Government

Elected Member of Parliament

Charles Anthony Raven Crosland1950

Government / Labour Party Government

Elected Member of Parliament

1952

Denis Winston Healey1952

Leeds · Government / Labour Party Government

Healey is elected Member of Parliament for Leeds South East.

1953

Roy Mason Barnsley1953

Barnsley · Government / Labour Party Government

Elected Member of Parliament for Barnsley

1960

Michael Mackintosh Foot1960

Ebbw Vale · Government / Labour Party Government

Elected Member of Parliament for Ebbw Vale

1965

Frank CousinsJanuary 1965

Nuneaton · Government / Labour Party Government

Elected Member of Parliament

1966

Donald Dewar1966

Aberdeen · Government / Labour Party Government

Elected Member of Parliament for Aberdeen South

David Owen1966

Plymouth · Government / Labour Party Government

Elected Member of Parliament for Plymouth

Patrick Chrestien Gordon Walker Gordon-Walker1966

Government / Labour Party Government

Elected Member of Parliament for Leyton

1970

John Smith18 June 1970

Government / Labour Party Government

Elected Member of Parliament

Michael Mackintosh Foot1970

Government / Labour Party Government

Unsuccessfully challenges for the Deputy Leadership of the Labour Party

Neil Kinnock1970

Bedwellty · Government / Labour Party Government

1st elected Member of Parliament, age 28

John Leslie Prescott1970

Hull · Government / Labour Party Government

Elected Member of Parliament for Hull East

Dennis Skinner1970

Bolsover · Government / Labour Party Government

Elected Member of Parliament for Bolsover

Arthur Smith1970

Lanarkshire · Government / Labour Party Government

Elected Member of Parliament for North Lanarkshire

1974

Robin Finlayson Cook1974

Edinburgh · Government / Labour Party Government

Elected Member of Parliament for Edinburgh Central

1978

Donald Dewar1978

Garscadden · Government / Labour Party Government

Elected Member of Parliament for Garscadden

1979

Frank Field1979

Birkenhead · Government / Labour Party Government

Elected Member of Parliament for Birkenhead

Jack Straw1979

Blackburn · Government / Labour Party Government

Elected Member of Parliament for Blackburn

1997

David Blunkett1997

Sheffield · Government / Labour Party Government

Elected Member of Parliament for Sheffield Brightside, majority of 19,954

Harriet Harman1997

Peckham · Government / Labour Party Government

Elected Member of Parliament for Camberwell & Peckham

Michael Meacher1997

Oldham · Government / Labour Party Government

Elected Member of Parliament for Oldham West & Royston

Names involved

Aneurin BevanAnthony Wedgewood BennArthur HendersonArthur SmithCharles Anthony Raven CroslandClement Richard Attlee Attlee, 1stDavid BlunkettDavid OwenDenis Winston HealeyDennis SkinnerDonald DewarEdward Hugh John Neale DaltonFrank CousinsFrank FieldHarold NicolsonHarriet HarmanHugh Todd Naylor GaitskellJack StrawJames CallaghanJohn Leslie PrescottJohn Robert ClynesJohn SmithMichael Mackintosh FootMichael MeacherNeil KinnockPatrick Chrestien Gordon Walker Gordon-WalkerRobin Finlayson CookRoy Mason BarnsleySidney James Webb Passfield, 1st

Provenance

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