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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.
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 ...
In 1981, Owen was one of the "Gang of Four" who left the Labour Party to found the Social Democratic Party. He was the only member of the Gang of Four who did not join the Liberal Democrats, which was founded when the SDP merged with the Liberal Party. Owen led the Social Democratic Party from 1983 to 1987, and the continuing SDP from 1988 to 1990.
New Party – The New Technology Social and Liberal Democrats by Hebden Royd, (1988). ISBN 9781851870752. [56] Politics is for People Harvard University Press, (1981). ISBN 9780140058888. [57] Her biography was published in 2013: Shirley Williams: The Biography, Mark Peel (Biteback Publishing) For details of Williams's early life see:
This is a list of individuals who were former or serving Members of Parliament for the House of Commons of the United Kingdom by decade of death. List List of United Kingdom MPs who died in the 1990s List of United Kingdom MPs who died in the 2000s List of United Kingdom MPs who died in the 2010s List of United Kingdom MPs who died in the 2020s See also
1 Joined David Owen's Social Democratic Party in 1988, then became an Independent Social Democrat MP from 1990 - 92. 2 Sitting Labour Party MP who joined the SDP. 3 Sitting Conservative Party MP who joined the SDP. 4 Later elected as a Liberal Democrat MP. 5 Later elected as a Conservative MP. 6 Previously elected as a Labour MP.