Labour Party summary
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Glenda Jackson Summary
Glenda Jackson was a British actress and Labour Party politician who was a member of the House of Commons (1992–2015). As an actress on stage and screen, she was noted for her tense portrayals of complex women. The daughter of a bricklayer, Jackson quit school at age 16 to join an amateur theatre
Harold Wilson Summary
Harold Wilson was a Labour Party politician who was prime minister of the United Kingdom from 1964 to 1970 and from 1974 to 1976. The son of an industrial chemist, Wilson was educated at the University of Oxford, where, as a fellow of University College (1938–39), he collaborated with Sir William
Clement Attlee Summary
Clement Attlee was a British Labour Party leader (1935–55) and prime minister (1945–51). He presided over the establishment of the welfare state in Great Britain and the granting of independence to India, the most important step in the conversion of the British Empire into the Commonwealth of
Gordon Brown Summary
Gordon Brown is a Scottish-born British Labour Party politician who served as chancellor of the Exchequer (1997–2007) and prime minister of the United Kingdom (2007–10). At the time of his elevation to prime minister, he had been the longest continuously serving chancellor of the Exchequer since