Brian O'Malley
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Brian Kevin O'Malley was a British
Labour Party politician.
O'Malley was educated at Mexborough
Grammar School
and Manchester University. He was a teacher and lecturer and a trade union branch official.
O'Malley was elected Member of Parliament
for Rotherham
in a 1963 by-election
. He served as a government whip from 1964 to 1969. He was junior Health and Social Security Minister from 1969 to 1970, and became Minister of State for that department in 1974.
O'Malley's crowning achievement was obtaining cross-party support for a new State pension scheme (after two aborted attempts by previous Governments) and steering through Parliament the bill to implement what became the State Earnings Related Pension Scheme. While Barbara Castle, the Secretary of State, took much of the credit, it was O'Malley who did all the hard work.
In 1976, O'Malley's career was cut short by his death at the age of 46. Stanley Crowther
was elected as his successor in the subsequent by-election.
United Kingdom
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Labour Party politician.
O'Malley was educated at Mexborough
Mexborough
Mexborough is a town in the metropolitan borough of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England, situated on the north bank of the River Don west of its confluence with the River Dearne...
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...
and Manchester University. He was a teacher and lecturer and a trade union branch official.
O'Malley was elected Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
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for Rotherham
Rotherham (UK Parliament constituency)
Rotherham is a borough constituency covering the town of Rotherham in South Yorkshire. It returns one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system....
in a 1963 by-election
By-election
A by-election is an election held to fill a political office that has become vacant between regularly scheduled elections....
. He served as a government whip from 1964 to 1969. He was junior Health and Social Security Minister from 1969 to 1970, and became Minister of State for that department in 1974.
O'Malley's crowning achievement was obtaining cross-party support for a new State pension scheme (after two aborted attempts by previous Governments) and steering through Parliament the bill to implement what became the State Earnings Related Pension Scheme. While Barbara Castle, the Secretary of State, took much of the credit, it was O'Malley who did all the hard work.
In 1976, O'Malley's career was cut short by his death at the age of 46. Stanley Crowther
Stanley Crowther
Joseph Stanley Crowther, known as Stan Crowther, was British Labour Member of Parliament for Rotherham from the 1976 by-election until his retirement in 1992. His successor was Jimmy Boyce.-References:...
was elected as his successor in the subsequent by-election.