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Enoch Powell

Born: 16 June 1912, Stechford

Died: 8 February 1998

Member of Privy Council - 28 July 1960

King Edward's High School, Birmingham

Trinity College, Cambridge

Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Housing and Local Government	December 1955	January 1957
Financial Secretary to the Treasury	January 1957	January 1958
Minister of Health	July 1960	October 1963

11 February 1947	Normanton	Conservative & Unionist Party	4,258	17.80
23 February 1950	Wolverhampton South West	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,239	45.98
25 October 1951	Wolverhampton South West	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,660	53.62
26 May 1955	Wolverhampton South West	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,318	59.97
8 October 1959	Wolverhampton South West	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,696	63.88
15 October 1964	Wolverhampton South West	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,736	57.43
31 March 1966	Wolverhampton South West	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,466	59.06
18 June 1970	Wolverhampton South West	Conservative & Unionist Party	26,220	64.34
10 October 1974	South Down	Ulster Unionist	33,614	50.82
3 May 1979	South Down	Official Unionist Party	32,254	50.02
9 June 1983	South Down	Official Unionist Party	20,693	40.31
17 December 1985 Resignation of Rt Hon Enoch Powell over the Anglo-Irish Agreement.
23 January 1986	South Down	Official Unionist Party	24,963	48.43
11 June 1987	South Down	Official Unionist Party	25,848	45.72