Judith Hart
The Right Honourable The Baroness Hart of South Lanark DBE PC |
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Chairman of the Labour Party | |
In office 24 November 1981 – 24 November 1982 |
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Leader | Michael Foot |
Preceded by | Alex Kitson |
Succeeded by | Sam McCluskie |
Minister for Overseas Development | |
In office 21 February 1977 – 3 May 1979 |
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Prime Minister | James Callaghan |
Preceded by | Frank Judd |
Succeeded by | Neil Marten |
In office 7 April 1974 – 10 June 1975 |
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Prime Minister | Harold Wilson |
Preceded by | Richard Wood |
Succeeded by | Reg Prentice |
In office 6 October 1969 – 19 June 1970 |
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Prime Minister | Harold Wilson |
Preceded by | Reg Prentice |
Succeeded by | Richard Wood |
Shadow Minister for Overseas Development | |
In office 4 May 1979 – 8 December 1980 |
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Leader | James Callaghan |
Preceded by | Richard Luce |
Succeeded by | Frank McElhone |
In office 19 June 1970 – 7 April 1974 |
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Leader | Harold Wilson |
Preceded by | Bernard Braine |
Succeeded by | Richard Wood |
Paymaster-General | |
In office 1 November 1968 – 6 October 1969 |
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Prime Minister | Harold Wilson |
Preceded by | The Lord Shackleton |
Succeeded by | Harold Lever |
Minister of Social Security | |
In office 26 July 1967 – 1 November 1968 |
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Prime Minister | Harold Wilson |
Preceded by | Margaret Herbison |
Succeeded by | Richard Crossman (as Secretary of State for Social Services) |
Minister of State for Commonwealth Affairs | |
In office 6 April 1966 – 26 July 1967 |
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Prime Minister | Harold Wilson |
Preceded by | Cledwyn Hughes |
Succeeded by | George Thomas |
Under-Secretary of State for Scotland | |
In office 20 October 1964 – 6 April 1966 |
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Prime Minister | Harold Wilson |
Preceded by | Anthony Stodart |
Succeeded by | Bruce Millan |
Member of Parliament for Clydesdale Lanark (1959–1983) |
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In office 8 October 1959 – 11 June 1987 |
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Preceded by | Patrick Francis Maitland |
Succeeded by | Jimmy Hood |
Personal details | |
Born | Constance Mary Ridehalgh 18 September 1924 Burnley, Lancashire, England, UK |
Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. London, England, UK |
Nationality | British |
Political party | Labour |
Spouse(s) | Anthony Bernard Hart |
Alma mater | London School of Economics University of London |
Occupation | Politician |
Judith Hart, Baroness Hart of South Lanark, DBE, PC (18 September 1924 – 8 December 1991), born Constance Mary Ridehalgh, was a British Labour Party politician. She served as a government minister during the 1960s and 1970s before entering the House of Lords in 1988.
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Early life and education
She was educated at Clitheroe Royal Grammar School, the London School of Economics and the University of London. She adopted the name Judith aged twelve and married Anthony Bernard Hart in 1946. She was a lecturer at a teacher training college. She was a member of the Fabian Society and a branch secretary of the Association of Scientific Workers.
Political career
After joining the Labour Party aged 18, Hart was unsuccessful Labour candidate for Bournemouth West in 1951, and Aberdeen South in 1955. She was elected as member for Lanark in 1959, holding the seat until 1983. Thereafter she sat for Clydesdale until 1987.
She held ministerial office as joint Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland from 1964 to 1966, Minister of State, Commonwealth Office (1966–1967), Minister of Social Security (1967–1968), Paymaster-General (with a seat in the Cabinet) from 1968 to 1969, and as Minister of Overseas Development from 1969 to 1970, 1974 to 1975 and 1977 to 1979. In so doing, Hart became the fifth woman ever to have been included in a government cabinet in the history of Britain.
In opposition, Hart was front bench spokesman on overseas aid from 1979 to 1980. Govt Co-Chairman of the Women's National Commission, 1969-70.[citation needed] Within the Labour Party she was a member of the National Executive Committee (1969–1983), serving as Vice-Chairman from 1980 to 1981 and as Chairman from 1981 to 1982.
She was appointed a Privy Counsellor in 1967 and appointed a DBE in 1979.[1] On 8 February 1988, she was created a life peer, as Baroness Hart of South Lanark, of Lanark in the County of Lanark.[2]
She died of cancer at the Queen Mary's Hospital, Roehampton, London, in 1991, aged 67.
Titles and honours
- Miss Judith Ridehalgh (1936–1946)
- Mrs Judith Hart (1946–1959)
- Judith Hart MP (1959–1967)
- The Rt. Hon. Judith Hart MP (1967–1979)
- The Rt. Hon. Dame Judith Hart DBE MP (1979–1988)
- The Rt. Hon. The Baroness Hart of South Lanark DBE PC (1988–1991)
Footnotes
- ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 47868. p. 7600. 14 June 1979. Retrieved 2009-09-06.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 51238. p. 1593. 11 February 1988. Retrieved 2009-09-06.
References
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External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Judith Hart
Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Lanark 1959–1983 |
Constituency abolished |
New constituency | Member of Parliament for Clydesdale 1983–1987 |
Succeeded by Jimmy Hood |
Political offices | ||
Preceded by | Minister of Social Security 1967–1968 |
Succeeded by Richard Crossman as Secretary of State for Social Services |
Preceded by | Paymaster-General 1968–1969 |
Succeeded by Harold Lever |
Preceded by | Minister of Overseas Development 1969–1970 |
Succeeded by Richard Wood |
Preceded by | Minister for Overseas Development 1974–1975 |
Succeeded by Reg Prentice |
Preceded by | Minister for Overseas Development 1977–1979 |
Succeeded by Neil Marten |
Party political offices | ||
Preceded by | Chair of the Labour Party 1981-1982 |
Succeeded by Sam McCluskie |
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