• Eric Graham Varley, Baron Varley, PC (11 August 1932 – 29 July 2008) was a British Labour Party politician and cabinet minister on the right-wing of the...
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    the MP for Chesterfield, the next Labour seat to fall vacant, after Eric Varley had left the Commons to head Coalite. On the day of the by-election,...
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    Labour politicians for over 35 years. The former Labour cabinet minister Eric Varley held the seat from October 1964 to January 1984, and was succeeded by...
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  • He was a TGWU-sponsored MP and was parliamentary private secretary to Eric Varley. He was also sponsored by the Amalgamated Engineering Union. He decided...
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    Secretary of State for Energy 1982–1983 Succeeded by Stan Orme Preceded by Eric Varley Shadow Secretary of State for Employment 1983–1984 Succeeded by John...
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  • in County Mayo. Eric Varley (1932–2008), English politician Fleetwood Varley (1862–1936), British sport shooter Frank Bradley Varley (1885–1929), English...
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    for Employment Michael Foot 1974–1976 Secretary of State for Energy Eric Varley 1974–1975 Tony Benn 1975–1976 Secretary of State for the Environment...
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    Stanley Orme David Owen Lord Peart Reg Prentice Merlyn Rees Bill Rodgers Lord Shepherd Peter Shore John Silkin John Smith Eric Varley Shirley Williams...
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    Peart Reg Prentice Merlyn Rees Bill Rodgers Willie Ross Lord Shepherd Peter Shore Edward Short John Silkin Eric Varley Shirley Williams Harold Wilson...
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    Peart Reg Prentice Merlyn Rees Bill Rodgers Willie Ross Lord Shepherd Peter Shore Edward Short John Silkin Eric Varley Shirley Williams Harold Wilson...
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  • Secretary of State for Defence (1976–1979) Secretary of State for Industry Eric Varley, Secretary of State for Industry (1975–1979) Secretary of State for Trade...
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  • Stanley Orme David Owen Lord Peart Reg Prentice Merlyn Rees Bill Rodgers Lord Shepherd Peter Shore John Silkin John Smith Eric Varley Shirley Williams...
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  • Secretary of State for Defence (1979–1981) Secretary of State for Industry Eric Varley, Secretary of State for Industry (1975–1979) Sir Keith Joseph, Bt., Secretary...
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  • Peart Reg Prentice Merlyn Rees Bill Rodgers Willie Ross Lord Shepherd Peter Shore Edward Short John Silkin Eric Varley Shirley Williams Harold Wilson...
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    Peart Reg Prentice Merlyn Rees Bill Rodgers Willie Ross Lord Shepherd Peter Shore Edward Short John Silkin Eric Varley Shirley Williams Harold Wilson...
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    Peart Reg Prentice Merlyn Rees Bill Rodgers Willie Ross Lord Shepherd Peter Shore Edward Short John Silkin Eric Varley Shirley Williams Harold Wilson...
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  • Lynn Varley is an American comic book colorist, notable for her collaborations with her then-husband, comic book writer/artist Frank Miller. Varley grew...
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    1979 – 11 September 1981 Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher Preceded by Eric Varley Succeeded by Patrick Jenkin Secretary of State for Social Services In...
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  • Reginald Bosanquet, television news presenter (died 1984) 11 August – Eric Varley, politician (died 2008) 17 August – V. S. Naipaul, Trinidadian-born writer...
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    Prime Minister Edward Heath Preceded by Office established Succeeded by Eric Varley Chairman of the Conservative Party In office 7 April 1972 – 4 March 1974...
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    Peart Reg Prentice Merlyn Rees Bill Rodgers Willie Ross Lord Shepherd Peter Shore Edward Short John Silkin Eric Varley Shirley Williams Harold Wilson...
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    for Stepney and Poplar 5 March 1974 8 April 1976 Labour Harold Wilson Eric Varley MP for Chesterfield 10 June 1975 4 May 1979 Edmund Dell MP for Birkenhead...
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    to pursue collaboration in Europe. At the 1978 Farnborough Air Show, Eric Varley, the British Secretary of State for Industry, announced that BAe was...
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  • during the Labour government of 1974 to 1979, serving under ministers Eric Varley and then Tony Benn. Eadie promoted research into wave, tidal and geothermal...
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  • Peart Reg Prentice Merlyn Rees Bill Rodgers Willie Ross Lord Shepherd Peter Shore Edward Short John Silkin Eric Varley Shirley Williams Harold Wilson...
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    Peart Reg Prentice Merlyn Rees Bill Rodgers Willie Ross Lord Shepherd Peter Shore Edward Short John Silkin Eric Varley Shirley Williams Harold Wilson...
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    served in the governments of Harold Wilson and Jim Callaghan, as PPS to Eric Varley as Minister of Technology, a Labour whip in opposition, and Minister...
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