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    formed the second Wilson ministry, a government which held office for four years until 1970. The Labour Party won the 1964 general election by a majority of...
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    leading role in world affairs, and anyway successive governments seldom did a better job. In 1964, Labour regained the premiership, as Harold Wilson narrowly...
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    Harold Wilson (category Ministers in the Wilson governments, 19641970)
    from 1964 to 1970 and again from 1974 to 1976. He was Leader of the Labour Party from 1963 to 1976, Leader of the Opposition twice from 1963 to 1964 and...
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    multiple names: authors list (link) Wilson, Harold (1974). The Labour Government, 19641970: A Personal Record. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. ISBN 978-0718109479...
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  • Labour government or Labor government may refer to: In Australian politics, a Labor government may refer to the following governments administered by...
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    in the Cold War. Under Harold Wilson in 19641970 it promoted economic modernisation. Labour was in government again in 1974–1979 under Wilson and then...
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  • Dorril", Spike Magazine, 10 December 2007 Harold Wilson, The Labour Government 1964-1970: A Personal Record (Weidenfeld & Nicolson and Michael Joseph...
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    George Brown, Baron George-Brown (category Ministers in the Wilson governments, 19641970)
    1914 – 2 June 1985), was a British Labour Party politician who was Deputy Leader of the Labour Party from 1960 to 1970 and held several Cabinet roles under...
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  • to form British Leyland Motor Corporation (BLMC). The Wilson Labour Government (19641970) came to power at a time when British manufacturing industry...
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  • Express, 21 February 1967. Wilson, The Labour Government 19641970, p. 376. Wilson, The Labour Government 19641970, p. 417. "Mr. Wilson's answer to 'D'...
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    Wilson's governments of 19641970 he served as Economic Secretary to the Treasury (1964), then Minister of State for Economic Affairs (1964–1965). Entering...
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    minister after failing to do so. The Labour Party, led by Harold Wilson, then established a minority government, which took office on 4 March 1974. It...
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    Jennie Lee, Baroness Lee of Asheridge (category Ministers in the Wilson governments, 19641970)
    Labour Member of Parliament from a by-election in 1929 until 1931 and then from 1945 to 1970. As Minister for the Arts in Harold Wilson's government of...
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    James Callaghan (category Ministers in the Wilson governments, 19641970)
    Northern Ireland government. Callaghan remained in the Shadow Cabinet during Labour's period in Opposition from 1970 to 1974; upon Labour's victory at the...
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    A government bill, the law remains largely intact. It was passed by both Houses and had been tabled by ministers of the Labour government, 19641970. The...
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  • 26% held by the UK-based British Motor Corporation. The Wilson Labour government (19641970) came to power at a time when British manufacturing industry...
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    History, 1700–1964. Ten Years of New Labour (edited by Matt Beech and Simon Lee) Thorpe, Andrew. (2001) A History of the British Labour Party, Palgrave;...
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  • Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food in the Labour Government 1964-1970. He stood down in 1974, and in 1976 he was appointed as chair...
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    of the Parliamentary Labour Party. In 1970, the positions of leader of the Labour Party and chairman of the Parliamentary Labour Party were separated...
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    Michael Stewart, Baron Stewart of Fulham (category Ministers in the Wilson governments, 19641970)
    pro-European, Stewart was leader of the Labour Delegation to the Council of Europe in June 1970, and joint president of the Labour Committee for Europe with George...
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  • George Rogers (British politician) (category Ministers in the Wilson governments, 19641970)
    1954–1964 and as Member of the Commons Chairmen's Panel 1952–54 and 1966. He was a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury and Government Whip, October 1964 –...
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  • power in 1951. Under Harold Wilson and James Callaghan, Labour again governed from 1964 to 1970 and from 1974 to 1979. The party then entered a period...
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  • Dick Mitchison, Baron Mitchison (category Ministers in the Wilson governments, 19641970)
    Mitchison, Baron Mitchison, CBE, QC (23 March 1894 – 14 February 1970) was a British Labour politician. Born in Staines, Mitchison was educated at Eton College...
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    Denis Healey (category Ministers in the Wilson governments, 19641970)
    British Labour Party politician who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1974 to 1979 and as Secretary of State for Defence from 1964 to 1970; he remains...
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  • Dingle Foot (category Ministers in the Wilson governments, 19641970)
    British lawyer, Liberal and Labour Member of Parliament, and Solicitor General for England and Wales in the first government of Harold Wilson. Born in Plymouth...
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    Water in Post-War Britain (2017): 183–214. Lapping, Brian. The Labour Government 19641970. Sampson, Anthony (1971) [1968]. The New Europeans: A guide to...
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  • Sydney Irving (category Ministers in the Wilson governments, 19641970)
    In Harold Wilson's Labour Government 1964-1970, he was the government's Deputy Chief Whip and Treasurer of the Household from 1964 to 1966, and served...
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    improve the prospects of his party. The Labour Party indicated that it held high popular support by winning the 1964 London local elections. This led to speculation...
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    Musical Express: 4. Retrieved 12 January 2022. Harold Wilson, "The Labour Government 19641970: A Personal Record" (Weidenfeld & Nicolson and Michael Joseph...
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    Morgan, Janet P. (April 1975). The House of Lords and the Labour government, 19641970. Oxford: Clarendon Press. ISBN 978-0-19-827191-8. Ndlovu-Gatsheni...
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