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Douglas Patrick Thomas Jay

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Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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Also Known As

Douglas Jay

Born: 23 March 1907

Died: 6 March 1996

Peerages

Baron Jay - 8 October 1987

Member of Privy Council - 1952

husband of Margaret Christian Garnett

Education

New College, Oxford

Winchester College

Appointments

Economic Secretary to the Treasury	1947	1950
Financial Secretary to the Treasury	1950	1951
President of the Board of Trade	October 1964	August 1967

Elections fought

25 July 1946		Battersea North	Labour Party	11,329	68.97
23 February 1950		Battersea North	Labour Party	24,762	69.57
25 October 1951		Battersea North	Labour Party	25,882	72.53
26 May 1955		Battersea North	Labour Party	20,980	70.73
8 October 1959		Battersea North	Labour Party	19,595	67.84
15 October 1964		Battersea North	Labour Party	14,930	63.71
31 March 1966		Battersea North	Labour Party	15,522	72.12
18 June 1970		Battersea North	Labour Party	11,621	65.51
28 February 1974		Battersea North	Labour Party	18,503	58.79
10 October 1974		Battersea North	Labour Party	17,161	62.22
3 May 1979		Battersea North	Labour Party	15,834	56.22