Albert Booth

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James Prior
Minister of State for Employment
In office
5 March 1974 – 8 April 1976
Prime MinisterHarold Wilson
Preceded byRobin Chichester-Clark
Succeeded byHarold Walker
Member of Parliament
for Barrow-in-Furness
In office
31 March 1966 – 13 May 1983
Preceded byWalter Monslow
Succeeded byCecil Franks
Personal details
Born(1928-05-28)28 May 1928
Died6 February 2010(2010-02-06) (aged 81)
Political partyLabour
Alma materNorthumbria University

Albert Edward Booth (28 May 1928 – 6 February 2010)[1] was a British left-wing[2] Labour Party politician and cabinet minister.

Early life

Booth was educated at Marine School, South Shields, and Rutherford College of Technology (now Northumbria University). He was a design draughtsman. He served as a councillor on Tynemouth Council 1962–65.

Parliamentary career

Booth contested

Barrow-in-Furness from 1966 to 1983, and was Secretary of State for Employment from 1976 to 1979 serving under James Callaghan. He also acted as the Labour Party's national Treasurer
between 1983–1984.

After boundary changes, his seat was renamed

Catholic church, highlighting his record of voting in favour of women's right to choose to have an abortion, was also a significant factor.[citation needed] (Religiously Booth was a lay preacher in the Methodist Church.)[1]

Later life

Booth made it through to the final round in the Labour selection for Sunderland South ahead of the 1987 election, but lost out by four votes to Chris Mullin.[5] He unsuccessfully contested Warrington South in 1987.

References

  1. ^
    North-West Evening Mail. Archived from the original
    on 7 July 2010. Retrieved 9 February 2010.
  2. ^ Julia Langdon (10 February 2010). "Albert Booth obituary | Politics". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
  3. ^ "Albert Booth obituary". The Guardian. 10 February 2010.
  4. ^ "Albert Booth". The Daily Telegraph. 15 February 2010.
  5. ISBN 978-1781256060
    .

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Preceded by Member of Parliament for Barrow-in-Furness
1966–1983 		Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded by Secretary of State for Employment
1976–1979 		Succeeded by
James Prior
Party political offices
Preceded by Treasurer of the Labour Party
1983–1984 		Succeeded by


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