Albert Edward Booth was a British 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.

Booth was educated at Marine School, South Shields

South Shields

South Shields is a coastal town in Tyne and Wear, England, located at the mouth of the River Tyne to Tyne Dock, and about downstream from Newcastle upon Tyne...

 and Rutherford College of Technology

Northumbria University

Northumbria University is an academic institution located in Newcastle upon Tyne in the North East of England. It is a member of the University Alliance.- History :...

 (Northumbria University). He was a design draughtsman. He served as a councillor on Tynemouth

Tynemouth

Tynemouth is a town and a historic borough in Tyne and Wear, England, at the mouth of the River Tyne, between North Shields and Cullercoats . It is administered as part of the borough of North Tyneside, but until 1974 was an independent county borough in its own right...

 Council 1962-65.

Booth contested Tynemouth

Tynemouth (UK Parliament constituency)

Tynemouth is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament using the first past the post voting system.-History:...

 in 1964. He was Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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 for Barrow-in-Furness from 1966 to 1983. After boundary changes, his seat was renamed Barrow and Furness

Barrow and Furness (UK Parliament constituency)

Barrow and Furness is a parliamentary constituency in Cumbria, represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom...

, but he lost it to the Conservative Cecil Franks

Cecil Franks

Cecil Simon Franks is a British solicitor and politician from Manchester. He was the Member of Parliament for Barrow and Furness from the 1983 General Election until the 1992 General Election....

. Booth was Secretary of State for Employment

Secretary of State for Employment

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 from 1976 to 1979 serving under James Callaghan

James Callaghan

Leonard James Callaghan, Baron Callaghan of Cardiff, KG, PC , was a British Labour politician, who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1976 to 1979 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1976 to 1980...

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External links

• Albert Booth - Daily Telegraph obituary

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