UK Elections Info

Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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Born: 30 January 1926

Died: April 1985

St Teresa's School, Liverpool

London School of Economics

Engineer

Lord Commissioner of the Treasury (Government Whip)	March 1974	April 1976
Under Secretary of State for Northern Ireland	April 1976	May 1979

15 October 1964	Liverpool Kirkdale	Labour Party	20,128	55.53
31 March 1966	Liverpool Kirkdale	Labour Party	19,233	59.27
18 June 1970	Liverpool Kirkdale	Labour Party	17,678	56.49
28 February 1974	Liverpool Kirkdale	Labour Party	16,443	52.66
10 October 1974	Liverpool Kirkdale	Labour Party	17,686	61.41
3 May 1979	Liverpool Kirkdale	Labour Party	17,043	56.07
7 October 1981 James Dunn resigns the Labour whip and joins the SDP.