Thomas Charles Pannell,Baron Pannell,PC (10 September 1902 –23 March 1980) was a British Labour Party politician.
He entered local politics in the outer London suburbs:he was a member of Walthamstow Borough Council from 1929 to 1936 and of Erith Borough Council from 1938 to 1955,and served as Mayor of Erith in 1945–46. He also sat on Kent County Council,where he was deputy leader of the Labour group from 1946 to 1949. [1]
He was elected Member of Parliament for Leeds West at a 1949 by-election,and served until his retirement at the February 1974 general election.
Pannell served as Minister of Public Building and Works in the first Wilson government,1964–66. He once served as a pairing whip for future Conservative leader Margaret Thatcher and was among the first to tip her as a future Prime Minister. [2]
On 21 June 1974 he was created a life peer,taking the title Baron Pannell,of the City of Leeds. [3]
William Stephen Ian Whitelaw,1st Viscount Whitelaw,,was a British Conservative Party politician who served in a wide number of Cabinet positions,most notably as Home Secretary from 1979 to 1983 and as de facto Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1988. He was Deputy Leader of the Conservative Party from 1975 to 1991.
Keith Sinjohn Joseph,Baron Joseph,,known as Sir Keith Joseph,2nd Baronet,for most of his political life,was a British politician. A member of the Conservative Party,he served as a minister under four prime ministers:Harold Macmillan,Alec Douglas-Home,Edward Heath,and Margaret Thatcher. He was a key influence in the creation of what came to be known as Thatcherism.
George Samuel Knatchbull Young,Baron Young of Cookham,,known as Sir George Young,6th Baronet from 1960 to 2015,is a British Conservative Party politician who served as a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1974 to 2015,having represented Ealing Acton from 1974 to 1997 and North West Hampshire from 1997. He has served in Cabinet on three occasions:as Secretary of State for Transport from 1995 to 1997;as the Leader of the House of Commons and Lord Privy Seal from 2010 to 2012;and as Conservative Chief Whip from 2012 to 2014.
David Charles Waddington,Baron Waddington,was a British politician and barrister.
Edward Watson Short,Baron Glenamara,was a British Labour Party politician and deputy leader of the Labour Party. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Newcastle upon Tyne Central and served as a minister during the Labour governments under Harold Wilson,before being appointed to the House of Lords shortly after James Callaghan became Prime Minister.
Ian Hedworth John Little Gilmour,Baron Gilmour of Craigmillar,was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. He was styled Sir Ian Gilmour,3rd Baronet from 1977,having succeeded to his father's baronetcy,until he became a life peer in 1992. He was Secretary of State for Defence in 1974,in the government of Edward Heath. In the government of Margaret Thatcher,he was Lord Privy Seal from 1979 to 1981.
Thomas Frederick Peart,Baron Peart,PC was a British Labour politician who served in the Labour governments of the 1960s and 1970s and was a candidate for Deputy Leader of the Party.
Leonard Robert Carr,Baron Carr of Hadley,was a British Conservative Party politician who served as Home Secretary from 1972 to 1974. He served as a Member of Parliament (MP) for 26 years,and later served in the House of Lords as a life peer.
Dartford is a constituency in Kent represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament by Jim Dickson of the Labour Party since 2024.
John Wynne William Peyton,Baron Peyton of Yeovil,was a British Conservative politician. He was Member of Parliament for Yeovil for over 31 years,from 1951 to 1983,and an early and leading member of the Conservative Monday Club. He served as Minister of Transport from 1970 to 1974. He was a candidate for leader of the Conservative Party in 1975,losing to Margaret Thatcher.
Sir Timothy Peter Geoffrey Kitson was a British Conservative politician who was Member of Parliament for Richmond,North Yorkshire. He was first elected at the 1959 general election,and stood down at the 1983 general election.
Robert Antony Hayward,Baron Hayward,is a British Conservative Party politician and media commentator.
Kenneth John Woolmer,Baron Woolmer of Leeds is a British university lecturer and politician. Coming into politics through local government in West Yorkshire,Woolmer was elected to Parliament for the Labour Party in 1979. He became an effective Parliamentarian and was rapidly promoted,despite clearly allying to the party's right-wing and playing an active role in the intra-party conflict. Partly due to adverse boundary changes,he lost his seat in 1983 and was unable to win it back. Later in life he received a life peerage and was an active member of the House of Lords.
Stanley Clinton Clinton-Davis,Baron Clinton-Davis,was a British politician and solicitor. A member of the Labour Party,he served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Hackney Central from 1970 to 1983,and was a minister in the Labour governments of Harold Wilson,James Callaghan and Tony Blair. He was European Commissioner in the Delors Commission (1985–1989). In 1990,he became a life peer,sitting on the Labour benches in the House of Lords until his retirement in 2018.
Donald Kaberry,Baron Kaberry of Adel,MC,TD,known as Sir Donald Kaberry,1st Baronet,from 1960 to 1983,was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. He served as a Member of Parliament (MP) for 33 years and was later a life peer. In 1990,he was injured in the Carlton Club bombing by the Provisional Irish Republican Army,leading to his death the following year.
Norman Noel Dodds was a British co-operator and Labour Co-operative politician.
Merlyn Merlyn-Rees,Baron Merlyn-Rees,was a British Labour Party politician and Member of Parliament from 1963 until 1992. He served as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1974–1976) and Home Secretary (1976–1979).
The 1992 Dissolution Honours List was gazetted on 5 June 1992 following the advice of the Prime Minister,John Major.
Irwin Norman Bellow,Baron BellwinJP DL was a British Conservative politician.