Bob Mellish Baron Mellish Politician

Robert Joseph Mellish, Baron Mellish, PC (3 March 1913 – 9 May 1998) was a British politician. He was a long-serving Labour Party MP (from 1946 to 1982) and served as the Labour Chief Whip from 1969 until 1976 but in his later years he fell out with his local Constituency Labour Party which had become dominated by left-wingers, and eventually left the party.

Personal facts

Birth dateMarch 03, 1913
Birth place
Deptford
Date of deathMay 09, 1998

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Office holder

office
Member of Parliament
Government Chief Whip in the Commons
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury
Minister for Public Buildings and Works
for Bermondsey
for Rotherhithe
other party
Labour Party (UK)
party
Liberal Democrats
prime minister
Harold Wilson
successor

Bob Mellish Baron Mellish on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/the_westminster_hour/2761985.stm
  2. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/obituary-lord-mellish-1159549.html
  3. http://www.lddc-history.org.uk/timeline/time2.jpg