Brian Kevin O'Malley (22 January 1930 – 6 April 1976) was a British Labour Party politician. O'Malley was educated at

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and

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. He was a teacher and lecturer and a trade union official. From 1959 to 1961 he taught at the

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.School Records: Percy Jackson GS Collection, Doncaster Archives. O'Malley was elected

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for

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in a 1963 by-election. He served as a government whip from 1964 to 1969. He was junior Health and Social Security Minister from 1969 to 1970, and became Minister of State for that department in 1974. O'Malley's crowning achievement was obtaining cross-party support for a new State pension scheme (after two aborted attempts by previous governments) and steering through Parliament the bill to implement what became the

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(SERPS). While the Secretary of State

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took public credit for it, O'Malley was responsible for its substance. O'Malley's career was cut short by his death in 1976 at the age of 46, following complications after brain surgery. Stanley Crowther was elected as his successor in the subsequent by-election.

References

* School Records: Percy Jackson GS Collection, Doncaster Archives. *''Times Guide to the House of Commons October 1974'' *

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* 1930 births 1976 deaths Alumni of the University of Manchester British people of Irish descent Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom Ministers in the Wilson governments, 1964–1970 UK MPs 1959–1964 UK MPs 1964–1966 UK MPs 1966–1970 UK MPs 1970–1974 UK MPs 1974 UK MPs 1974–1979 {{England-Labour-UK-MP-stub