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Leonard James Callaghan
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Application Last Amended: 11 January 2024
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Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Transport | October 1947 | March 1950 | |
Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty | March 1950 | October 1951 | |
Chancellor of the Exchequer | 16 October 1964 | 30 November 1967 | |
Secretary of State for the Home Department | 30 November 1967 | 19 June 1970 | |
Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs | 5 March 1974 | 5 April 1976 | |
Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury | 5 April 1976 | 4 May 1979 | |
Leader of HM Opposition | 4 May 1979 | 3 November 1980 |
Elections fought
5 July 1945 | Cardiff South | Labour Party | 17,489 | 60.24 | |
23 February 1950 | Cardiff South East | Labour Party | 26,254 | 51.79 | |
25 October 1951 | Cardiff South East | Labour Party | 28,112 | 54.35 | |
26 May 1955 | Cardiff South East | Labour Party | 25,722 | 53.36 | |
8 October 1959 | Cardiff South East | Labour Party | 26,915 | 50.82 | |
15 October 1964 | Cardiff South East | Labour Party | 30,129 | 57.48 | |
31 March 1966 | Cardiff South East | Labour Party | 29,313 | 56.79 | |
18 June 1970 | Cardiff South East | Labour Party | 26,226 | 51.87 | |
28 February 1974 | Cardiff South East | Labour Party | 20,641 | 48.95 | |
10 October 1974 | Cardiff South East | Labour Party | 21,074 | 51.97 | |
5 April 1976 Rt Hon James Callaghan elected Leader of the Labour Party and appointed Prime Minister. | |||||
3 May 1979 | Cardiff South East | Labour Party | 23,871 | 59.25 | |
9 June 1983 | Cardiff South & Penarth | Labour Party | 17,448 | 41.27 |