Charles William Loughlin (16 February 1914 – 23 September 1993) was a British Labour Party politician. Born in

Grimsby Grimsby or Great Grimsby is a port town and the administrative centre of North East Lincolnshire, Lincolnshire, England. Grimsby adjoins the town of Cleethorpes directly to the south-east forming a conurbation. Grimsby is north-east of Linco ...

, Loughlin was educated at St Mary's School. In 1945, he began working for the Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers as an area organiser, holding the post until 1974. He was

Member of Parliament A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members of ...

for West Gloucestershire from 1959 until he stood down at the October 1974 general election. He was

Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Health The Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Health was a junior ministerial office in the United Kingdom Government. The Ministry of Health was created in 1919 as a reconstruction of the Local Government Board. Local government functions were ev ...

from 1965 to 1967, Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Social Security from 1967 to 1968 and

Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Public Buildings and Works A parliamentary system, or parliamentarian democracy, is a system of democratic governance of a state (or subordinate entity) where the executive derives its democratic legitimacy from its ability to command the support ("confidence") of the ...

from 1968 to 1970.

References

*Times Guide to the House of Commons February 1974 *

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* 1914 births 1993 deaths Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies 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 {{England-Labour-UK-MP-stub