Thomas Litterick (25 May 1929 – 6 January 1981) was a British Labour Party politician, on the left-wing of the party. Events 1085 - Alfonso VI of Castile takes Toledo Spain back from the Moors. Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1066 - Harold Godwinson is crowned King of England. 1205 - Philip of Swabia becomes King Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located 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
Litterick was elected Member of Parliament for the previously Conservative seat of Birmingham Selly Oak in October 1974 general election, having unsuccessfully contested it in the election eight months earlier. A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a Parliament. The Conservative Party (officially the Conservative and Unionist Party) is a Political party in the United Kingdom. Birmingham Selly Oak is a Constituency located in the south west of Birmingham. Results |} Total number of votes 29189104 All parties shown Votes summary Seats summary However, he lost to the Conservative Anthony Beaumont-Dark at the 1979 general election. Sir Anthony Beaumont-Dark (11 October 1932 &ndash 2 April 2006 was a British Politician. Background Callaghan had succeeded Harold Wilson as Labour Prime Minister after the latter's surprise resignation in April 1976
On the first day of the October Labour Party conference of that year, he gave a speech criticising the outgoing Prime Minister James Callaghan. The Labour Party Conference, or annual national conference of the Labour Party, is formally the supreme decision-making body of the Party This article is about the government position For other uses see Prime Minister (disambiguation. Leonard James Callaghan Baron Callaghan of Cardiff, KG, PC (27 March 1912 – 26 March 2005 was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1976 to 1979 Waving a clutch of policy papers which he claimed Callaghan had vetoed, he quoted from a popular television series featuring Jimmy Savile: ""Jim will fix it", they said. Sir James Wilson Vincent Savile OBE, KCSG (born 31 October 1926) commonly known as Jimmy Savile (often misspelled Ay, he fixed it. He fixed all of us. He fixed me in particular. " Delegates roared with approval and Tony Benn described it as a "courageous speech". Anthony "Tony" Neil Wedgwood Benn (born 3 April 1925 formerly 2nd Viscount Stansgate, is a British Socialist Politician.
Litterick died in 1981 aged 51.
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by Harold Gurden |
Member of Parliament for Birmingham Selly Oak 1974–1979 |
Succeeded by Anthony Beaumont-Dark |
References
- Times Guide to the House of Commons 1979
- Callaghan, A Life by Kenneth O'Morgan
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
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