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William Thomas Rodgers, Baron Rodgers of Quarry Bank, PC (born 28 October 1928) [1] is a British politician and life peer.As a Labour Party member of Parliament, he served as Secretary of State for Transport from 1976 to 1979, and was one of the "Gang of Four" of senior Labour politicians who defected to form the Social Democratic Party (SDP).
The Social Democratic Party (SDP) was a centrist to centre-left political party in the United Kingdom. [2] [3] [4] The party supported a mixed economy (favouring a system inspired by the German social market economy), electoral reform, European integration and a decentralised state while rejecting the possibility of trade unions being overly influential within industrial relations. [5]
The Social Democratic Party (SDP) is a political party in the United Kingdom, established in 1990.The current party traces its origin to the Social Democratic Party, which was formed in 1981 by a group of dissident Labour Party Members of Parliament (MPs) and former Cabinet members Roy Jenkins, David Owen, Bill Rodgers and Shirley Williams, who became known as the Gang of Four.
Robert Adam Ross "Bob" Maclennan, Baron Maclennan of Rogart, PC (26 June 1936 – 18 January 2020) was a British Liberal Democrat politician and life peer.. He was the last leader of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), serving during the negotiations that led to its merger with the Liberal Party in 1988.
Party Born Died Constituency(ies) represented Election(s) won Bob Blizzard [2022 1] Labour: 31 May 1950 5 May 2022 Waveney: 1997, 2001, 2005: David Chidgey, Baron Chidgey [2022 2] Liberal Democrats: 9 July 1942 15 February 2022 Eastleigh: 1994 (by-election), 1997, 2001: Jack Dromey [2022 3] (in office) Labour: 29 September 1948 7 January 2022 ...
Initially an executive officer in the Home Civil Service, Cartwright's political career began when he became a constituency agent for the Labour Party in 1955. [1] Serving twelve years in that role, he was later employed as political secretary of the Royal Arsenal Co-operative Society (R.A.C.S.) and as a councillor in Greenwich, where he became the Labour Group leader and, subsequently, leader ...
Liberal Democrats: 15 April 1949 16 May 2016 Newbury: 1993 (by-election), 1997, 2001: John Roper, Baron Roper [2016 20] Social Democratic Party (Labour from (1970–1981) 10 September 1935 29 January 2016 Farnworth: 1970, 1974 I & II, 1979: Sir Dudley Smith [2016 21] Conservative: 14 November 1926 14 December 2016 Brentford and Chiswick
She served as President of the SDP from 1982 to 1987 and supported the SDP's merger with the Liberal Party that formed the Liberal Democrats. Between 2001 and 2004, she served as Leader of the Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords and, from 2007 to 2010, as Adviser on Nuclear Proliferation to Prime Minister Gordon Brown .