Anthony (Tony) Dykes is a former English Labour Party politician and Anti-Apartheid activist.
Dykes was a councillor on Camden Council for King's Cross ward from 1982 until 1990 and Caversham ward from 1990 until standing down in 1994.[1] A year after his election,in 1983,Dykes became Chair of Policy and Resources,a role he continued in until his election as leader of Camden Council in 1986. In 1990,he stood down as leader and returned to being Chair of Policy and Resources until 1993,when he became deputy leader between until standing down in the 1994 election.
As leader of Camden Council,Dykes replaced the more leftwing Phil Turner. Initially the more leftwing Kate Allen was elected as leader but London Region of the Labour Party intervened due to procedural discrepancies. Dykes used the office as leader to campaign against nuclear power[2],challenge over-staffing at the council[3] and reduce the number of people eligible for council housing.[4] During his time on the council,Dykes supported the Council’s policy of boycotting South African products.[5]
Alan Milburn is a British politician who was Member of Parliament (MP) for Darlington from 1992 to 2010. A member of the Labour Party, he served for five years in the Cabinet, first as Chief Secretary to the Treasury from 1998 to 1999, and subsequently as Secretary of State for Health until 2003, when he resigned. He briefly rejoined the Cabinet as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster in order to manage Labour's 2005 re-election campaign. He did not seek re-election in the 2010 election. Milburn was chair of the Social Mobility Commission from 2012 to 2017. Since 2015, he has been Chancellor of Lancaster University.
Pieter Willem Botha, was a South African politician. He served as the last prime minister of South Africa from 1978 to 1984 and the first executive state president of South Africa from 1984 to 1989.
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(Peter) Neil Fletcher was a Labour politician and the last Leader of the Inner London Education Authority before its abolition.
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Dame Frances Helen Wilde is a New Zealand politician, and former Wellington Labour member of parliament, Minister of Tourism and Mayor of Wellington. She was the first woman to serve as Mayor of Wellington. She was chairperson of the Greater Wellington Regional Council from 2007 until 2015, and since 2019 she has chaired the board of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.
National League of Young Liberals (NLYL), often just called the Young Liberals, was the youth wing of the British Liberal Party. It was in existence from 1903 to 1990. Together with the party's student wing, the Union of Liberal Students (ULS), the organisations made up the Young Liberal Movement. In 1988, the ULS merged with the Social Democratic Party's own student wing, and in 1990 the youth and student sections themselves merged to form Liberal Democrat Youth and Students (LDYS). It was renamed Liberal Youth in Spring 2008, and then as Young Liberals in December 2016. The NLYL played a significant role in the development of Liberal thought and action, particularly from the 1960s until the end of the 1980s.
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Kenneth Francis Gray was an international rugby union player from New Zealand. He represented New Zealand in 24 international games, playing lock and later prop forward.
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The 1990 Camden Council election took place on 3 May 1990 to elect members of Camden London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election. Labour comfortably stayed in overall control of the council, despite the Conservatives gaining three seats at their expense in Swiss Cottage. The Green Party came third in vote share with 13% of the vote, but won no seats.
Alexander Hepple was a trade unionist, politician, anti-apartheid activist and author. He was the last leader of the South African Labour Party.
Illtyd Harrington was a British Labour Party politician who served as deputy leader of the Greater London Council (1981–84) and then subsequently as chairman (1984–85). He was a political ally of Ken Livingstone.
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Georgia Anne Rebuck Gould is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Queen's Park and Maida Vale since the 2024 general election. Following the election, Gould was appointed Parliamentary Secretary for the Cabinet Office.
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Roy Edwin Shaw was a Labour Party politician in London, England. He was the Leader of Camden London Borough Council from 1975 to 1982, serving on Camden Council and its predecessor councils continuously for 51 years until just before his death, making him the longest-serving councillor in the UK. Shaw was known nationally as an expert on local government.
Anthony Roger Kerpel is a British retired politician and adviser who served as the personal assistant to Prime Minister Edward Heath, special adviser to Conservative Chairman Kenneth Baker from 1986 to 1992 and adviser to South African State President F. W. de Klerk from 1993 to 1994.
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