Michael Francis Lovell Cocks, Baron Cocks of Hartcliffe (19 August 1929 – 26 March 2001) was a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom. Events 43 BC - Octavian, later known as Augustus compels the Roman Senate to elect him Consul. Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1026 - Pope John XIX crowns Conrad II as Holy Roman Emperor. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. The Labour Party is a Political party in the United Kingdom. Founded at the start of the 20th century it has been since the 1920s the principal party of the The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located
Cocks was educated at Silcoates School, Wakefield and Bristol University and became a teacher. Silcoates School is a public (private school in Wakefield, England. Wakefield lies at the heart of the City of Wakefield, a Metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, England. the University (or derivatives but lower-case when referring to many universitiesor universities
Cocks contested Bristol West in 1959 and South Gloucestershire in 1964 and 1966. Bristol West is a Constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. South Gloucestershire was a parliamentary constituency in Gloucestershire. He was Member of Parliament for Bristol South from 1970 until 1987, when he was deselected as a candidate and replaced by Dawn Primarolo. A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a Parliament. Bristol South is a Constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Dawn Primarolo (born 2 May 1954 in London) is a British Labour Member of Parliament representing Bristol South. During his time in the House of Commons, Cocks served as a Labour whip in government and in opposition. The House of Commons' is the Lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the Sovereign and the House of Lords Whip is a role in party-based politics whose primary purpose is to ensure control of the formal decision-making process in a parliamentary legislature
Cocks was given a life peerage in 1987, becoming Baron Cocks of Hartcliffe. In the United Kingdom, life peers are created members of the Peerage whose titles may not be inherited (those whose titles are inheritable are known as Hereditary
References
- The Times Guide to the House of Commons, Times Newspapers Ltd, 1966, 1983 & 1987
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by William Wilkins |
Member of Parliament for Bristol South 1970–1987 |
Succeeded by Dawn Primarolo |
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| Preceded by Bob Mellish |
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury 1976–1979 |
Succeeded by Michael Jopling |
| Government Chief Whip 1976–1979 |
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