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Tony Crosland

Born: 29 August 1918

Died: 19 February 1977

Member of Privy Council - 1965

Highgate School, London

Trinity College, Oxford

Economic Secretary to the Treasury	October 1964	December 1964
Minister of State, Department of Economic Affairs	December 1964	January 1965
Secretary of State for Education and Science	January 1965	August 1967
President of the Board of Trade	August 1967	October 1969
Secretary of State, Local Government and Regional Planning	October 1969	June 1970
Secretary of State for Environment	March 1974	8 April 1976
Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs	8 April 1976	19 February 1977

23 February 1950	South Gloucestershire	Labour Party	24,458	48.80
25 October 1951	South Gloucestershire	Labour Party	27,808	55.31
26 May 1955	Southampton Test	Labour Party	22,865	43.84
8 October 1959	Grimsby	Labour Party	24,729	50.10
15 October 1964	Grimsby	Labour Party	25,675	54.34
31 March 1966	Grimsby	Labour Party	26,788	58.94
18 June 1970	Grimsby	Labour Party	23,571	52.52
28 February 1974	Grimsby	Labour Party	21,585	42.83
10 October 1974	Grimsby	Labour Party	21,657	47.10
19 February 1977 Death of Rt Hon Tony Crosland.