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David Kerr (English Politician)
David Leigh Kerr (25 March 1923 – 12 January 2009) was a Labour Party (UK), Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom. Kerr stood unsuccessfully for Streatham (UK Parliament constituency), Streatham in the 1959 United Kingdom general election, 1959 general election. He was elected Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament (MP) for Wandsworth Central (UK Parliament constituency), Wandsworth Central from 1964 United Kingdom general election, 1964 to 1970 United Kingdom general election, 1970, when he stood down. A general practitioner before and after his period in parliament, he was active in the Socialist Health Association, Socialist Medical Association as honorary secretary (1957–63) and then vice-president (1963–72). He later served as a County Councillor in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire retiring from that role in 2001. References * 1923 births 2009 deaths Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1964–1966 UK MPs 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Labour Party (UK)
The Labour Party is a political party in the United Kingdom that has been described as an alliance of social democrats, democratic socialists and trade unionists. The Labour Party sits on the centre-left of the political spectrum. In all general elections since 1922, Labour has been either the governing party or the Official Opposition. There have been six Labour prime ministers and thirteen Labour ministries. The party holds the annual Labour Party Conference, at which party policy is formulated. The party was founded in 1900, having grown out of the trade union movement and socialist parties of the 19th century. It overtook the Liberal Party to become the main opposition to the Conservative Party in the early 1920s, forming two minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in the 1920s and early 1930s. Labour served in the wartime coalition of 1940–1945, after which Clement Attlee's Labour government established the National Health Service and expanded the welfa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |