The politician that contested the United Kingdom local elections in 1981 began his career as a journalist becoming editor of what paper?
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United Kingdom local elections, 1981 Local elections were held in the United Kingdom in May 1981. The results were a mid-term setback for the Conservative government, which lost 1,193 seats, leaving them with 10,545 councillors. The projected share of the vote was more respectable for the government, however: Labour 41%, Conservatives 38%, Liberals 17%. This was in spite of opinion polls showing a much wider Labour lead over the Conservatives. These were the first elections to be contested by Labour under the leadership of Michael Foot, who had succeeded James Callaghan in late 1980.
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Michael Foot Michael Mackintosh Foot {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (23 July 1913 – 3 March 2010) was a British Labour Party politician and man of letters. Foot began his career as a journalist, becoming editor of "Tribune" on several occasions, and the "Evening Standard" newspaper at the age of just 28. He co-wrote the classic polemic against appeasement of Hitler, "Guilty Men", under a pseudonym.
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Elinor Goodman Elinor Mary Goodman (born 11 October 1946) is a UK journalist, best known as political editor of Channel 4 News from 1988 to 2005. She was educated at the Manor House School, an independent school in Surrey, England.
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United Kingdom local elections, 1974 Local elections were held in the United Kingdom in 1974, during the life of the minority Labour government of Harold Wilson. Elections were held in all the boroughs of London.
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Gavin Shuker Gavin Shuker (born 10 October 1981) is an English Labour Co-operative politician, who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Luton South since 2010. Shuker successfully defended the seat after his predecessor Margaret Moran stood down following controversy over her expenses. Shuker serves as Chair of the Parliamentary Co-operative Party and in 2013 he was appointed as a Shadow International Development Minister.
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Kenneth Woolmer, Baron Woolmer of Leeds Kenneth John Woolmer, Baron Woolmer of Leeds (born 25 April 1940) is a British university lecturer and politician. Coming into politics through local government in West Yorkshire, Woolmer was elected to Parliament for the Labour Party in 1979. He became an effective Parliamentarian and was rapidly promoted, despite clearly allying to the party's right-wing and playing an active role in the intra-party conflict. Partly due to adverse boundary changes, he lost his seat in 1983 and was unable to win it back. Later in life he received a life peerage and became an active member of the House of Lords.
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Martin Dunn Martin Dunn (born 26 January 1955) is a British journalist and former newspaper editor.
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Ronnie Fraser Thomas Ronald Leslie Fraser (3 February 1929 – 4 March 2010) was a Scottish writer, broadcaster and Liberal Party politician. He was notable for standing as a candidate for the United Kingdom parliament, even though he was too young to be eligible to vote.
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Robin Page (journalist) Robin Page (born May 1943) is an English farmer, who is also a journalist, political activist and former television presenter.
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Northumberland County Council election, 1981 Local elections to Northumberland County Council, a county council in the north east of England, were held on 7 May 1981, resulting in a council with Labour members forming a majority.
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Dudley Fishburn John Dudley Fishburn (born 8 June 1946) is a British businessman, journalist, and politician. He was Executive Editor of "The Economist" and Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom (MP) for Kensington.
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Jennie Eirian Davies Jennie Eirian Davies (6 January 1925 – 6 May 1982), was a Welsh politician and magazine editor.
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Arthur Walter James Arthur Walter James (30 June 1912 – 5 August 2015) was a British journalist and Liberal Party politician.
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Ian McColl (journalist) Ian McColl (22 February 1915 – 21 June 2005), was a Scottish journalist, editor and Liberal Party politician.
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Mary Ann Sieghart Mary Ann Corinna Howard Sieghart (born 6 August 1961) is an English journalist, radio presenter and former assistant editor of "The Times", where she wrote columns about politics, social affairs and life in general. She has also written a weekly political column in "The Independent".
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Gordon Reece Sir James Gordon Reece (28 September 1929 — 22 September 2001) was a British journalist and television producer who worked as a political strategist for Margaret Thatcher during the 1979 general election which led to her victory over then prime minister James Callaghan. Reece studied Law at Downing College, Cambridge, and worked in journalism before moving into television production and joining ITN in 1960.
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Glyn Mathias Jonathan Glyn Mathias, OBE (born 19 February 1945) is a British print and broadcasting journalist of over thirty years' standing. He was a lobby correspondent at Westminster for thirteen years, and is the former Political Editor of Independent Television News (1981–1986) and BBC Wales (1994–1999). He was the Electoral Commission's Commissioner for Wales (2001–2008), and as of 2013 is a member of OFCOM's Content Board and Chair of OFCOM's Advisory Committee for Wales.
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Robert Kilroy-Silk Robert Michael Kilroy-Silk (born Robert Michael Silk on 19 May 1942) is an English academic, politician and broadcaster. After a decade as a university lecturer, he was a Labour Party Member of Parliament (MP) from 1974 to 1986. He left the House of Commons in 1986 to present a new daytime talk show, "Kilroy", which ran until 2004. He then served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 2004 to 2009. Having been elected as a UK Independence Party (UKIP) candidate, he left them in 2005 to found a new party which he called Veritas. He resigned as its leader later the same year, and sat as an independent MEP for the rest of his term.
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Robin Wales Sir Robert Andrew "Robin" Wales (born 18 January 1955) is a British Labour Party politician who has served as the directly elected mayor of the London Borough of Newham since 2002. Prior to taking up that newly created role, he was leader of Newham council since 1995, having been a councillor from 1982 to 1986 and 1992 to 2002.
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Christopher Pincher Christopher John Pincher (born 24 September 1969 in Walsall) is a British Conservative Party politician. He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Tamworth since the 2010 general election, when he won the seat from the Labour Party. He first fought the seat in 2005.
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Colin Jackson (politician) George Colin Jackson (6 December 1921 – 19 April 1981) was a British Labour Party politician, barrister, lecturer and writer.
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Thomas Martin (Conservative politician) Thomas Ballantyne Martin (13 November 1901 – 28 January 1995) was a British politician, stockbroker and journalist. After an early career as a private secretary he was unexpectedly elected as a Conservative Member of Parliament in Blaydon, a traditionally extremely secure Labour constituency. After standing up in Parliament for the local mining industry he opted out of defending his seat, and could not find election elsewhere; he then became a political journalist. After wartime service in intelligence, he supported Winston Churchill's attempt to bring European unity and then became a stockbroker. A very clubbable man, he attracted interest in the 1990s as a rare survivor of the pre-Second World War Parliament.