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Selwyn Lloyd

Born: 28 July 1904

Died: 17 May 1978

Baron Selwyn-Lloyd - 8 March 1976

Member of Privy Council - 1951

Fettes College, Edinburgh

Magdalene College, Cambridge

Minister of State, Foreign Office	November 1951	October 1954
Minister of Supply	October 1954	April 1955
Minister of Defence	7 April 1955	20 December 1955
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs	20 December 1955	27 July 1960
Chancellor of the Exchequer	27 July 1960	13 July 1962
Lord Privy Seal	October 1963	October 1964
Leader of the House of Commons	October 1963	October 1964
Speaker of the House of Commons	12 January 1971	February 1976

30 May 1929	Macclesfield	Liberal Party	12,891	27.94
5 July 1945	Wirral	Conservative & Unionist Party	42,544	51.40
23 February 1950	Wirral	Conservative & Unionist Party	29,232	57.05
25 October 1951	Wirral	Conservative & Unionist Party	32,631	65.23
26 May 1955	Wirral	Conservative & Unionist Party	33,027	67.40
8 October 1959	Wirral	Conservative & Unionist Party	39,807	67.92
15 October 1964	Wirral	Conservative & Unionist Party	32,084	50.05
31 March 1966	Wirral	Conservative & Unionist Party	31,477	48.12
18 June 1970	Wirral	Conservative & Unionist Party	38,655	55.12
12 January 1971 Rt Hon Selwyn Lloyd elected Speaker of the House of Commons.
28 February 1974	Wirral	Conservative & Unionist Party	38,452	51.15
10 October 1974	Wirral	Conservative & Unionist Party	35,705	50.81
11 February 1976 Resignation of Rt Hon Selwyn Lloyd.