Gerald Fowler
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Gerald Teasdale Fowler was a British
Labour Party
politician.
Fowler was educated at Northampton
Grammar School
where he was a friend of Bernard
later Lord Donoughue, Lincoln College, Oxford
and Frankfurt University. He was a university lecturer, a councillor on Oxford City Council
1960-64 and branch secretary of the Oxford
branch of the ASSET
.
Fowler contested Banbury
at the 1964 general election
. At the 1966 general election
, he was elected as Member of Parliament
for the marginal seat of The Wrekin, but lost it at the 1970 election
to the Conservative candidate. He regained his seat at the next opportunity February 1974 election
and held it at the October 1974 election
. However, at the 1979 general election
he was defeated again, this time by the Conservative
Warren Hawksley
.
Fowler was the Minister for Education and Science from 1969 to 1970, and again in 1974 and 1976. He was also the minister for the Privy Council Office
from 1974 to 1976.
United Kingdom
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Labour Party
Labour Party (UK)
The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
politician.
Fowler was educated at Northampton
Northampton
Northampton is a large market town and local government district in the East Midlands region of England. Situated about north-west of London and around south-east of Birmingham, Northampton lies on the River Nene and is the county town of Northamptonshire. The demonym of Northampton is...
Grammar School
Grammar school
A grammar school is one of several different types of school in the history of education in the United Kingdom and some other English-speaking countries, originally a school teaching classical languages but more recently an academically-oriented secondary school.The original purpose of mediaeval...
where he was a friend of Bernard
Bernard Donoughue, Baron Donoughue
Bernard Donoughue, Baron Donoughue is a British politician, businessman and author.The son of Thomas Joseph Donoughue was educated at Campbell Secondary Modern School and Northampton Grammar School, Lincoln College, Oxford, where he read History and obtained the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1957,...
later Lord Donoughue, Lincoln College, Oxford
Lincoln College, Oxford
Lincoln College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. It is situated on Turl Street in central Oxford, backing onto Brasenose College and adjacent to Exeter College...
and Frankfurt University. He was a university lecturer, a councillor on Oxford City Council
Oxford City Council
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1960-64 and branch secretary of the Oxford
Oxford
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branch of the ASSET
Association of Supervisory Staff, Executives and Technicians
The Association of Supervisory Staff, Executives and Technicians , was a British trade union, chiefly representing supervisors in the metal working and transport industries...
.
Fowler contested Banbury
Banbury (UK Parliament constituency)
Banbury is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It is a strongly Conservative seat.The constituency was created January 26, 1554 through the efforts of Henry Stafford and Thomas Denton...
at the 1964 general election
United Kingdom general election, 1964
The United Kingdom general election of 1964 was held on 15 October 1964, more than five years after the preceding election, and thirteen years after the Conservative Party had retaken power...
. At the 1966 general election
United Kingdom general election, 1966
The 1966 United Kingdom general election on 31 March 1966 was called by sitting Labour Prime Minister Harold Wilson. Wilson's decision to call an election turned on the fact that his government, elected a mere 17 months previously in 1964 had an unworkably small majority of only 4 MPs...
, he was elected as Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
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for the marginal seat of The Wrekin, but lost it at the 1970 election
United Kingdom general election, 1970
The United Kingdom general election of 1970 was held on 18 June 1970, and resulted in a surprise victory for the Conservative Party under leader Edward Heath, who defeated the Labour Party under Harold Wilson. The election also saw the Liberal Party and its new leader Jeremy Thorpe lose half their...
to the Conservative candidate. He regained his seat at the next opportunity February 1974 election
United Kingdom general election, February 1974
The United Kingdom's general election of February 1974 was held on the 28th of that month. It was the first of two United Kingdom general elections held that year, and the first election since the Second World War not to produce an overall majority in the House of Commons for the winning party,...
and held it at the October 1974 election
United Kingdom general election, October 1974
The United Kingdom general election of October 1974 took place on 10 October 1974 to elect 635 members to the British House of Commons. It was the second general election of that year and resulted in the Labour Party led by Harold Wilson, winning by a tiny majority of 3 seats.The election of...
. However, at the 1979 general election
United Kingdom general election, 1979
The United Kingdom general election of 1979 was held on 3 May 1979 to elect 635 members to the British House of Commons. The Conservative Party, led by Margaret Thatcher ousted the incumbent Labour government of James Callaghan with a parliamentary majority of 43 seats...
he was defeated again, this time by the Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)
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Warren Hawksley
Warren Hawksley
Philip Warren Hawksley , known as Warren Hawksley, is a British Conservative politician. He was educated at Denstone College. He contested Wolverhampton North East in February and October 1974. He was Member of Parliament for the The Wrekin from 1979 until he lost the seat to the Labour candidate...
.
Fowler was the Minister for Education and Science from 1969 to 1970, and again in 1974 and 1976. He was also the minister for the Privy Council Office
Privy Council Office
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from 1974 to 1976.