Sir Michael John Cullen was a New Zealand politician. He served as the 16th deputy prime minister of New Zealand,also as the minister of Finance,minister of Tertiary Education,and attorney-general. He was the deputy leader of the Labour Party from 1996 until November 2008,when he resigned following a defeat in the general election. He resigned from Parliament in April 2009,to become the deputy chairman of New Zealand Post from 1 November 2009 and chairman from 1 November 2010 until leaving the role in 2016. On 6 March 2020 he announced that he had resigned from the Lakes and Bay of Plenty district health boards,respectively. At the same time he also announced that he had been diagnosed with stage 4 small-cell lung cancer,which had also spread to his liver.
James Brendan Bolger,affectionately called The Great Helmsman,is a New Zealand retired politician of the National Party who was the 35th prime minister of New Zealand,serving from 1990 to 1997.
David John Denzil Davies was a Welsh Labour Party politician. He served for 35 years as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Llanelli from 1970 to 2005,and was a member of the Privy Council.
The Socialist Campaign Group,also simply known as the Campaign Group,is a UK parliamentary caucus of the Labour Party including Members of Parliament in the House of Commons. The group also includes some MPs who formerly represented Labour in Parliament but have had the whip withdrawn or been expelled from the party.
James Marshall was a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom.
Sir William Francis Birch,usually known as Bill Birch,is a New Zealand retired politician. He served as Minister of Finance from 1993 to 1999 in the fourth National Government.
Dame Annette Faye King is a former New Zealand politician. She served as Deputy Leader of the New Zealand Labour Party and Deputy Leader of the Opposition from 2008 to 2011,and from 2014 until 1 March 2017. She was a Cabinet Minister in the Fourth and Fifth Labour Governments,and was the MP for the Rongotai electorate in Wellington from 1996 to 2017.
Dover Spencer Peneha Samuels is a former Labour Member of Parliament in New Zealand from 1996 to 2008.
Wyatt Beetham Creech is a retired New Zealand politician. He served as the 14th deputy prime minister of New Zealand in Jenny Shipley's National Party government from August 1998 to December 1999.
Richard James Gerard is a former New Zealand politician. He was a National Party Member of Parliament from 1984 to 1997.
Paul Clayton East was a New Zealand politician of the National Party.
Tukoroirangi "Tuku" Morgan is a New Zealand Māori politician and former broadcaster.
Margaret Elizabeth Austin is a former New Zealand politician. She was an MP from 1984 to 1996,representing first the Labour Party and then briefly United New Zealand.
David Francis Caygill is a former New Zealand politician. He was born and raised in Christchurch. He entered politics in 1971 as Christchurch's youngest city councillor at the age of 22. He served as a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1978 to 1996,representing the Labour Party. A supporter of Rogernomics,he served as Minister of Finance between 1988 and 1990. From 2010 to 2019,he was one of the government-appointed commissioners at Environment Canterbury.
Koro Tainui Wētere was a New Zealand politician. He was an MP from 1969 to 1996,representing the Labour Party. He served as Minister of Māori Affairs in the Fourth Labour Government (1984–1990).
The 1983 Labour Party leadership election was an election in the United Kingdom for the leadership of the Labour Party. It occurred when then leader Michael Foot resigned after winning only 209 seats at the 1983 general election,a loss of 60 seats compared to their performance at the previous election four years earlier. This was the worst showing for Labour since 1935 until 2019.
Michael Edward Rainton Bassett is a former Labour Party member of the New Zealand House of Representatives and cabinet minister in the reformist fourth Labour government. He is also a noted New Zealand historian,and has published a number of books on New Zealand politics,including biographies of Prime Ministers Peter Fraser,Gordon Coates and Joseph Ward.
Michael Ernest Christopher Cox is a former New Zealand politician of the National Party.
John Smith was Leader of the Labour Party and Leader of the Official Opposition from 18 July 1992 until his death on 12 May 1994. Smith became leader upon succeeding Neil Kinnock,who had resigned following the 1992 general election—for the fourth successive time,the Conservatives had won and Labour lost.
Neil Kinnock was Leader of the Labour Party and Leader of the Opposition from 2 October 1983 to 18 July 1992. He convincingly defeated Roy Hattersley,Eric Heffer,and Peter Shore in the 1983 leadership election,which was prompted by Michael Foot's resignation following the disastrous general election result earlier that year. Kinnock's period as Leader encompassed the bulk of the Thatcher premiership and the first two years of the Major premiership. Kinnock resigned in 1992 after losing his second election as Leader.
