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Major and his predecessors Margaret Thatcher, James Callaghan, Harold Wilson, and Edward Heath with The Queen and The Prince and Princess of Wales, July 1992 The UK economy entered a recession during 1990, which deepened in 1991, with unemployment rising rapidly to 2.5 million. [ 73 ]
Research conducted by Paul Penn-Simkins, a genealogist formerly employed as a researcher at the College of Arms and as a heraldic consultant at Christie's, and subsequently corroborated by Lynda Rippin, a genealogist employed by Lincolnshire Council, showed that John Major and Margaret Thatcher were fifth cousins once removed, both descending ...
Chancellor John Major replaced Thatcher as head of government and party leader, whose lead over Heseltine in the second ballot was sufficient for Heseltine to drop out. Major oversaw an upturn in Conservative support in the 17 months leading to the 1992 general election and led the party to a fourth successive victory on 9 April 1992. [290]
Hurd and Major pledged their support for Thatcher, as did Cecil Parkinson, Kenneth Baker and ex-Cabinet minister Nicholas Ridley. Norman Tebbit, another ex-Cabinet minister, was part of her campaign team, along with John Wakeham. Thatcher's campaign manager, Peter Morrison, advised her to consult Cabinet members one by one on 21 November ...
The resignation of Margaret Thatcher as Prime Minister came on 22 November 1990, more than 11 years after she had first been elected. Former Cabinet minister Michael Heseltine had challenged her leadership earlier in November and although she fared better than him in the leadership contest, she was unable to gain an outright win and handed in her resignation, paving the way for a new ...
The change of leader from Margaret Thatcher to John Major saw a dramatic turnaround in Tory support, with the double-digit lead in the opinion polls for the Labour Party being replaced by a narrow Conservative one by the turn of 1991.
John Major: 26 October 1989 Chief Secretary to the Treasury: John Biffen: 5 May 1979 Leon Brittan: 5 January 1981 Peter Rees: 11 June 1983 John MacGregor: 2 September 1985 John Major: 13 June 1987 Norman Lamont: 24 July 1989 Minister of State for Treasury: Peter Rees: 6 May 1979 – 14 September 1981 Arthur Cockfield, Baron Cockfield: 6 May ...
The Parliament lasted until 1992, although the Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, was replaced on 28 November 1990 by Chancellor of the Exchequer, John Major. Diane Abbott was one of the first three Black British MPs in the House of Commons; Bernie Grant and Paul Boateng were elected alongside her at the same election.