Socialist Campaign Group
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The Socialist Campaign Group is a left-wing democratic socialist grouping of Labour Party
Members of Parliament
in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. It was formed in December 1982 as an alternative Parliamentary left-wing group to the Tribune Group. The Campaign Group, as it is commonly known, is on the left
of the Labour Party and as such have been highly critical of the New Labour project, though their influence and numbers have diminished over the years.
The following members resigned their membership of the Campaign Group in 1988 in protest at Tony Benn's decision to challenge Neil Kinnock
for the Labour leadership that year:
The following members resigned their membership of the Campaign Group at various points in time when they became front bench spokespersons or members of the government, which was seen as incompatible with membership of the Campaign Group:
The following members resigned their membership of the Campaign Group for other reasons:
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...
Members of Parliament
Member of Parliament
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in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. It was formed in December 1982 as an alternative Parliamentary left-wing group to the Tribune Group. The Campaign Group, as it is commonly known, is on the left
Left
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of the Labour Party and as such have been highly critical of the New Labour project, though their influence and numbers have diminished over the years.
Founding members
- Norman AtkinsonNorman AtkinsonNorman Atkinson is a British politician who served as Labour Member of Parliament for the London constituency of Tottenham from 1964 until 1987....
- Tony BennTony BennAnthony Neil Wedgwood "Tony" Benn, PC is a British Labour Party politician and a former MP and Cabinet Minister.His successful campaign to renounce his hereditary peerage was instrumental in the creation of the Peerage Act 1963...
- Ron Brown
- Dennis CanavanDennis CanavanDennis Andrew Canavan is a Scottish politician, and was an Independent Member of the Scottish Parliament for Falkirk West.-Early life:He was born in Cowdenbeath....
- Bob CryerBob CryerGeorge Robert Cryer, known as Bob Cryer was a politician in the United Kingdom.He was educated at Salt High School, Shipley, and the University of Hull...
- Don DixonDonald Dixon, Baron DixonDonald Dixon, Baron Dixon, PC, DL is a British Labour politician.He was Member of Parliament for Jarrow from 1979 until his retirement in 1997, serving as a party whip...
- Stuart HollandStuart HollandStuart Kingsley Holland is a British Labour politician and academic.He represented the Vauxhall constituency in Lambeth, London from 1979 until 1989, when he applied for the Chiltern Hundreds to take up a post at the European University Institute, Florence...
- Les HuckfieldLes HuckfieldLeslie John Huckfield is a British Labour politician, who served as Member of Parliament for Nuneaton from 1967 to 1983 and as an MEP from 1984 to 1989....
- Bob LitherlandBob LitherlandRobert Kenneth Litherland, known as Bob Litherland, was a British Labour politician.Litherland was elected Member of Parliament for Manchester Central at a by-election in September 1979, and held the office until he retired at the 1997 general election.- References :*Times Guide to the House of...
- Joan MaynardJoan MaynardVera Joan Maynard known as Joan Maynard was an English trade unionist and Labour politician.Dubbed "Stalin's Granny" due to her left-wing views, Maynard was a leading activist in the National Union of Agricultural Workers becoming vice-president of the union and being narrowly beaten to its...
- Willie McKelveyWilliam McKelveyWilliam McKelvey , was the British Labour MP for Kilmarnock from 1979 to 1983 and for Kilmarnock and Loudoun from 1983 until his retirement in 1997.-References:* "Times Guide to the House of Commons", Times Newspapers Limited, 1992 edition....
- Andy McMahonAndrew McMahon (politician)Andrew McMahon was a British Labour politician.McMahon was Member of Parliament for Glasgow Govan from 1979 to 1983. His successor was Bruce Millan.- External links :...
- Robert McTaggartRobert McTaggartRobert McTaggart, known as Bob McTaggart was a Scottish shipbuilder and politician who served as a Member of Parliament for Glasgow Central, representing the Labour Party. McTaggart was on the left of his party, and took up issues of unemployment and poor housing which affected his constituency...
- Michael Meacher MPMichael MeacherMichael Hugh Meacher is a British Labour politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for Oldham West and Royton since 1997. Previously he had been the MP for Oldham West, first elected in 1970. On 22 February 2007 he declared that he would be standing for the Labour Leadership, challenging...
- Ray Powell
- Reg RaceReg RaceDenys Alan Reginald Race, known as Reg Race, is a British Labour politician.He unsuccessfully contested the Conservative-held constituency of Ruislip-Northwood at the February 1974 general election and again at the October 1974 general election.At the 1979 general election, Race was elected as...
- Allan RobertsAllan RobertsAllan Roberts was a British politician who was a Labour Member of Parliament from 1979 until his death. A teacher and social worker before his election, he was a member of the left-wing of the party.-Early life:...
- Ernie Roberts
- Ernie RossErnie RossErnest Ross is a politician in the United Kingdom. He was Labour member of Parliament for Dundee West from 1979 until his retirement at the 2005 general election....
- Dennis Skinner MPDennis SkinnerDennis Edward Skinner is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Bolsover since 1970, the Chairman of the Labour Party from 1988 to 1989, and has sat on the National Executive Committee numerous times since 1978.Born in Clay Cross, Derbyshire, Skinner is the...
- John TilleyJohn TilleyJohn Vincent Tilley was a British Labour Party politician.Tilley was born and raised in Derby. He was educated at a grammar school and Trinity Hall, Cambridge, where he read history...
Current members
- Diane Abbott MPDiane AbbottDiane Julie Abbott is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Hackney North and Stoke Newington since 1987, when she became the first black woman to be elected to the House of Commons...
- Ronnie Campbell MPRonnie CampbellRonald Campbell is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Blyth Valley since 1987.-Early life:He grew up in a family of eight brothers and sisters...
- Martin Caton MPMartin CatonMartin Philip Caton is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Gower since 1997.Caton was born in Bishop's Stortford and educated at the Newport Free Grammar School near Saffron Walden, the Norfolk School of Agriculture, and the Aberystwyth College of Further...
- Katy Clark MPKaty ClarkKathryn Sloan Clark is a British Labour Party politician and former trade union official who has been the Member of Parliament for North Ayrshire and Arran since 2005.-Early life:...
- John Cryer MPJohn CryerJohn Robert Cryer is an English Labour Party politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for Leyton and Wanstead since the general election in May 2010...
- Jeremy Corbyn MPJeremy CorbynJeremy Bernard Corbyn is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Islington North since 1983.-Early and personal life:...
- David Hamilton MP
- Kelvin Hopkins MPKelvin HopkinsKelvin Peter Hopkins is a British Labour Party politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for Luton North since 1997.-Background:...
- Ian Lavery MPIan LaveryIan Lavery is a British Labour Party politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for Wansbeck since the 2010 general election. He was previously the President of the National Union of Mineworkers.-Early life:...
- John McDonnell MPJohn McDonnell (politician)John Martin McDonnell is a British Labour Party politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for Hayes and Harlington since 1997; he serves as Chair of the Socialist Campaign Group, the Labour Representation Committee, and the "Public Services Not Private Profit Group"...
- Austin Mitchell MPAustin MitchellAustin Vernon Mitchell is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Great Grimsby since a 1977 by-election.-Education and early life:...
- Linda Riordan MPLinda RiordanLinda June Riordan is an English Labour Co-operative politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Halifax since 2005.-Early life:Riordan was born in Halifax and graduated from the University of Bradford....
- Dennis Skinner MPDennis SkinnerDennis Edward Skinner is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Bolsover since 1970, the Chairman of the Labour Party from 1988 to 1989, and has sat on the National Executive Committee numerous times since 1978.Born in Clay Cross, Derbyshire, Skinner is the...
- Mike Wood MP
Deceased
The following died while still serving in Parliament:- Bob McTaggart (d. 1989)
- Allan RobertsAllan RobertsAllan Roberts was a British politician who was a Labour Member of Parliament from 1979 until his death. A teacher and social worker before his election, he was a member of the left-wing of the party.-Early life:...
(d. 1990) - Pat WallPat WallCharles Patrick Wall was an English Trotskyist political figure and Labour Party Member of Parliament for Bradford North from 1987 to 1990...
(d. 1990) - Eric HefferEric HefferEric Samuel Heffer was a British socialist politician. He was Labour Member of Parliament for Liverpool Walton from 1964 until his death. His working-class background and consciousness fed in to his left-wing politics, but to an extent disguised the depth of his knowledge: with 12,000 books in...
(d. 1991) - Bob CryerBob CryerGeorge Robert Cryer, known as Bob Cryer was a politician in the United Kingdom.He was educated at Salt High School, Shipley, and the University of Hull...
(d. 1994) - Bernie GrantBernie GrantBernard Alexander Montgomery Grant , known simply as Bernie Grant, was a politician in the United Kingdom, and was Labour member of Parliament for Tottenham at the time of his death....
(d. 2000) - Audrey WiseAudrey WiseAudrey Wise was a British Labour Party politician...
(d. 2000) - David Taylor (d. 2009)
Left Parliament
These members left Parliament voluntarily, either to retire or for new opportunities elsewhere:- Joan MaynardJoan MaynardVera Joan Maynard known as Joan Maynard was an English trade unionist and Labour politician.Dubbed "Stalin's Granny" due to her left-wing views, Maynard was a leading activist in the National Union of Agricultural Workers becoming vice-president of the union and being narrowly beaten to its...
(1987) - Stuart HollandStuart HollandStuart Kingsley Holland is a British Labour politician and academic.He represented the Vauxhall constituency in Lambeth, London from 1979 until 1989, when he applied for the Chiltern Hundreds to take up a post at the European University Institute, Florence...
(1989, left Parliament to return to academia) - Bob ClayBob ClayRobert Alan Clay , known as Bob Clay, is a left-wing politician, formerly Labour MP, in the United Kingdom.Robert Clay was educated at Bedford School and Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. Unusually for a man of his background, Clay went on to become a bus driver, working for Tyne and Wear PTE...
(1992) - Martin Flannery (1992)
- Don DixonDonald Dixon, Baron DixonDonald Dixon, Baron Dixon, PC, DL is a British Labour politician.He was Member of Parliament for Jarrow from 1979 until his retirement in 1997, serving as a party whip...
(1997) - Mildred Gordon (1997)
- Bob LitherlandBob LitherlandRobert Kenneth Litherland, known as Bob Litherland, was a British Labour politician.Litherland was elected Member of Parliament for Manchester Central at a by-election in September 1979, and held the office until he retired at the 1997 general election.- References :*Times Guide to the House of...
(1997) - Eddie Loyden (1997)
- Willie McKelveyWilliam McKelveyWilliam McKelvey , was the British Labour MP for Kilmarnock from 1979 to 1983 and for Kilmarnock and Loudoun from 1983 until his retirement in 1997.-References:* "Times Guide to the House of Commons", Times Newspapers Limited, 1992 edition....
(1997) - Robert ParryRobert ParryRobert Parry is an American investigative journalist. He was awarded the George Polk Award for National Reporting in 1984 for his work with the Associated Press on the Iran-Contra story and uncovered Oliver North's involvement in it as a Washington-based correspondent for Newsweek. In 1995, he...
(1997) - Tony BennTony BennAnthony Neil Wedgwood "Tony" Benn, PC is a British Labour Party politician and a former MP and Cabinet Minister.His successful campaign to renounce his hereditary peerage was instrumental in the creation of the Peerage Act 1963...
(2001) - Maria FyfeMaria FyfeMaria Fyfe is a politician in the United Kingdom and former Member of Parliament for Glasgow Maryhill.-Early life:Born Maria O'Neill on 25 November 1938 to James O’Neill and Margaret Lacey, she became a member of the Labour Party in 1960. She came to education relatively later in life, studying...
(2001) - Tess KinghamTess KinghamTeresa Jane Kingham is a Labour Party United Kingdom politician. She was Member of Parliament for Gloucester from 1997-2001....
(2001) - John McAllionJohn McAllionJohn McAllion is a former Labour Party convener of Tayside Regional Council, Member of Parliament and Member of the Scottish Parliament , and a campaigner for Oxfam in Scotland...
(2001, resigned to focus on his duties as a Member of the Scottish ParliamentMember of the Scottish ParliamentMember of the Scottish Parliament is the title given to any one of the 129 individuals elected to serve in the Scottish Parliament.-Methods of Election:MSPs are elected in one of two ways:...
) - Bill MichieBill MichieBill Michie is a politician in the United Kingdom. He was Labour Member of Parliament for Sheffield Heeley from 1983 to 2001, when he stood down. He was a member of the Socialist Campaign Group of MPs.- External links :...
(2001) - Tony BanksTony Banks, Baron StratfordAnthony Louis Banks, Baron Stratford was a British Labour Party politician, who was a Member of Parliament from 1983 to 2005, before being made a Member of the House of Lords. In government, he served for two years as Minister for Sport...
(2005) - Harry Barnes (2005)
- Terence LewisTerence LewisTerence Lewis, known as Terry Lewis, is a politician in the United Kingdom. He was educated at Mount Carmel School, Salford and did his National Service in the Royal Army Medical Corps before becoming a Personnel Officer. He was elected Labour Member of Parliament for Worsley, Greater Manchester...
(2005) - Alice MahonAlice MahonAlice Mahon is a British former Labour Party politician and trade unionist.She was Member of Parliament for Halifax from 1987 until 2005. She is a left-winger who was a member of the Socialist Campaign Group and is a Eurosceptic...
(2005) - Llew SmithLlew SmithLlewellyn Thomas Smith is a former Welsh Labour Party politician.Smith was Member of the European Parliament for South Wales East from 1984 to 1994, and at the 1992 general election he was elected as Member of Parliament for Blaenau Gwent. A member of the Socialist Campaign Group, he stood down...
(2005) - Jimmy WrayJimmy WrayJimmy Wray is a Scottish politician of Irish descent and former member of Parliament for Glasgow Baillieston.A former boxer, Wray was elected as a councillor to the then Glasgow Town Council in 1964 for Kelvinside, and moved over to the larger Strathclyde Regional Council in 1975 for Gorbals.Wray...
(2005) - Ernie RossErnie RossErnest Ross is a politician in the United Kingdom. He was Labour member of Parliament for Dundee West from 1979 until his retirement at the 2005 general election....
(2005) - John AustinJohn Austin (politician)John Eric Austin, formerly known as John Austin-Walker, is a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament for Woolwich from 1992 to 1997 and for Erith and Thamesmead from 1997 to 2010.-Early life:...
(2010) - Michael ClaphamMichael ClaphamMichael Clapham is a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament for Barnsley West and Penistone from 1992 to 2010.-Early life:...
(2010) - Harry CohenHarry CohenHarry Michael Cohen is a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament for Leyton and Wanstead from 1983 to 2010.-Early life:...
(2010) - Ann CryerAnn CryerConstance Ann Cryer JP is a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament for Keighley from the 1997 general election up until she stood down at the 2010 general election...
(2010) - Bill EtheringtonBill EtheringtonWilliam "Bill" Etherington is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament for Sunderland North from 1992 to 2010.-Early life:...
(2010) - Neil GerrardNeil GerrardNeil Francis Gerrard is a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament for Walthamstow from 1992 until 2010.-Early life:...
(2010) - Lynne JonesLynne JonesLynne Mary Jones is a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament for Birmingham Selly Oak from 1992 until the dissolution of parliament in April 2010.-Early life:...
(2010) - Bob Marshall-AndrewsBob Marshall-AndrewsRobert Graham Marshall-Andrews QC is a British Labour Party politician and barrister, who was the Member of Parliament for Medway from 1997 to 2010.-Early life:...
(2010) - Alan Simpson (2010)
Constituency Abolished
These members lost their seats through the abolition of their constituency as a result of redrawn constituency boundaries:- Les HuckfieldLes HuckfieldLeslie John Huckfield is a British Labour politician, who served as Member of Parliament for Nuneaton from 1967 to 1983 and as an MEP from 1984 to 1989....
(constituency abolished, 1983 election) - Andrew McMahonAndrew McMahonAndrew Ross McMahon is a singer/songwriter. He is the vocalist, pianist and primary songwriter for the bands Something Corporate and Jack's Mannequin; he also performs solo.-Early life:...
(constituency abolished, 1983 election) - Reg RaceReg RaceDenys Alan Reginald Race, known as Reg Race, is a British Labour politician.He unsuccessfully contested the Conservative-held constituency of Ruislip-Northwood at the February 1974 general election and again at the October 1974 general election.At the 1979 general election, Race was elected as...
(constituency abolished, 1983 election) - John TilleyJohn TilleyJohn Vincent Tilley was a British Labour Party politician.Tilley was born and raised in Derby. He was educated at a grammar school and Trinity Hall, Cambridge, where he read history...
(constituency abolished, 1983 election)
Lost Seat in General Election
These members lost their seats in a General Election:- Bob CryerBob CryerGeorge Robert Cryer, known as Bob Cryer was a politician in the United Kingdom.He was educated at Salt High School, Shipley, and the University of Hull...
(lost seat, 1983 election - returned to Parliament in 1987) - Eileen GordonEileen GordonEileen Gordon is a politician in the United Kingdom.She was Labour Member of Parliament for Romford from 1997 to 2001, when she lost her seat to Conservative Andrew Rosindell....
(lost seat, 2001 election) - John Cryer MPJohn CryerJohn Robert Cryer is an English Labour Party politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for Leyton and Wanstead since the general election in May 2010...
(lost seat, 2005 election - returned to Parliament in 2010) - Phil SawfordPhil SawfordPhilip Andrew Sawford is a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament for Kettering from 1997 to 2005.-Early life:...
(lost seat, 2005 election) - David Drew (lost seat, 2010 election)
Expelled
The following members were expelled outright from the Labour Party:- Ron Brown (expelled in 1991 when he was convicted of criminal damage)
- Terry FieldsTerry FieldsTerence Fields was a British trades unionist and Labour Member of Parliament for Liverpool Broadgreen. He was a supporter of the Militant tendency.-Early life:...
(expelled in 1991 over his refusal to pay the Poll TaxPoll taxA poll tax is a tax of a portioned, fixed amount per individual in accordance with the census . When a corvée is commuted for cash payment, in effect it becomes a poll tax...
) - Dave NellistDave NellistDavid John Nellist is a British Trotskyist activist and former Labour Member of Parliament for the now abolished constituency of Coventry South East...
(expelled in 1991 for his membership of the Militant TendencyMilitant TendencyThe Militant tendency was an entrist group within the British Labour Party based around the Militant newspaper that was first published in 1964...
) - Dennis CanavanDennis CanavanDennis Andrew Canavan is a Scottish politician, and was an Independent Member of the Scottish Parliament for Falkirk West.-Early life:He was born in Cowdenbeath....
(expelled in 2000 for running as an independent for the Scottish ParliamentScottish ParliamentThe Scottish Parliament is the devolved national, unicameral legislature of Scotland, located in the Holyrood area of the capital, Edinburgh. The Parliament, informally referred to as "Holyrood", is a democratically elected body comprising 129 members known as Members of the Scottish Parliament...
) - Ken LivingstoneKen LivingstoneKenneth Robert "Ken" Livingstone is an English politician who is currently a member of the centrist to centre-left Labour Party...
(expelled in 2000 for running as an independent for Mayor of LondonMayor of LondonThe Mayor of London is an elected politician who, along with the London Assembly of 25 members, is accountable for the strategic government of Greater London. Conservative Boris Johnson has held the position since 4 May 2008...
, was later readmitted to the party)
Deselected
The following members were deselected by their Constituency Labour Parties:- Norman AtkinsonNorman AtkinsonNorman Atkinson is a British politician who served as Labour Member of Parliament for the London constituency of Tottenham from 1964 until 1987....
(deselected, 1987) - Ernie Roberts (deselected, 1987)
- John HughesJohn Hughes (English politician)John Hughes was Labour Member of Parliament for Coventry North East in the United Kingdom from 1987 to 1992....
(deselected, 1992) - Bob WareingBob WareingRobert Nelson Wareing, commonly known as Bob Wareing , is a British independent politician who was the Member of Parliament for Liverpool West Derby from 1983 to 2010...
(deselected, 2007) - Frank CookFrank CookFrancis Cook is a British Independent politician, who was the Labour Party Member of Parliament for Stockton North from 1983 until 2010.- Background :...
(deselected, 2008) - Ian GibsonIan Gibson (politician)Ian Gibson is a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament for Norwich North from 1997 to 2009...
(deselected, 2009)
Defected
The following member resigned the Labour Party whip and defected to the Liberal Democrats:- Brian SedgemoreBrian SedgemoreBrian Charles John Sedgemore is a former Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom; he was a Member of Parliament from 1974 until 1979, and from 1983 until 2005...
(defected, 2005)
Resigned
The following members resigned their membership of the Campaign Group in 1985 in a show of support of Neil Kinnock's reforms as Labour leader:- Kevin BarronKevin BarronKevin John Barron is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Rother Valley since 1983.-Early life:...
- Derek FatchettDerek FatchettDerek John Fatchett PC, QC, FRS was a British politician. He became member of Parliament for Leeds Central in 1983 and was a member of the Labour Party.-Early life:...
The following members resigned their membership of the Campaign Group in 1988 in protest at Tony Benn's decision to challenge Neil Kinnock
Neil Kinnock
Neil Gordon Kinnock, Baron Kinnock is a Welsh politician belonging to the Labour Party. He served as a Member of Parliament from 1970 until 1995 and as Labour Leader and Leader of Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition from 1983 until 1992 - his leadership of the party during nearly nine years making him...
for the Labour leadership that year:
- Margaret Beckett MPMargaret BeckettMargaret Mary Beckett is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Derby South since 1983, rising to become the Deputy Leader of the Labour Party under John Smith, from 18 July 1992 to 12 May 1994, and briefly serving as Leader of the Party following Smith's death...
- Jo RichardsonJo RichardsonJosephine Richardson was a British Labour Party politician. At the time of her death she was Member of Parliament for Barking, a post she had held since 1974.-Early life:She was born in Newcastle upon Tyne...
- Joan RuddockJoan RuddockJoan Mary Ruddock is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Lewisham Deptford since 1987. She is a feminist and is the wife of Frank Doran, the Labour MP for Aberdeen North...
- Clare ShortClare ShortClare Short is a British politician, and a member of the Labour Party. She was the Member of Parliament for Birmingham Ladywood from 1983 to 2010; for most of this period she was a Labour Party MP, but she resigned the party whip in 2006 and served the remainder of her term as an Independent. She...
- Joan Walley MPJoan WalleyJoan Lorraine Walley is a British Labour Party politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for Stoke-on-Trent North since 1987.-Early life:...
The following members resigned their membership of the Campaign Group at various points in time when they became front bench spokespersons or members of the government, which was seen as incompatible with membership of the Campaign Group:
- Michael Meacher MPMichael MeacherMichael Hugh Meacher is a British Labour politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for Oldham West and Royton since 1997. Previously he had been the MP for Oldham West, first elected in 1970. On 22 February 2007 he declared that he would be standing for the Labour Leadership, challenging...
(joined the front bench, 1983) - Ray Powell (joined the front bench, 1983)
- Mark FisherMark FisherMark Fisher is a British Labour Party politician. He was the Member of Parliament for Stoke-on-Trent Central from 1983 to 2010 and Minister for the Arts between 1997-98.-Early life:...
(joined the front bench, 1987) - Paul BoatengPaul BoatengPaul Yaw Boateng, Baron Boateng is a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament for Brent South from 1987 to 2005, becoming the UK's first black Cabinet Minister in May 2002, when he was appointed as Chief Secretary to the Treasury...
(joined the front bench, 1989) - Gavin StrangGavin StrangGavin Steel Strang is a British politician who served in the House of Commons for forty years , representing Edinburgh East in the Labour interest. He served as a minister in the 1974-1979 government under Prime Ministers Harold Wilson and James Callaghan as well as in the Cabinet under Tony Blair...
(joined the front bench, 1992) - Malcolm ChisholmMalcolm ChisholmMalcolm Chisholm is a Scottish Labour Party politician, and a former Scottish Executive minister.-Background:Chisholm was educated at George Watson's College and the University of Edinburgh and became an English teacher. He is married with three children...
(joined the government, 1997) - Chris MullinChris Mullin (politician)Christopher John Mullin is a British Labour Party politician and diarist who was the Member of Parliament for Sunderland South from 1987 to 2010...
(joined the government, 1997) - Dawn Primarolo MPDawn PrimaroloDawn Primarolo is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Bristol South since 1987. She was Minister of State for Children, Young People and Families at the Department for Children, Schools and Families from June 2009 to May 2010 and is now a Deputy Speaker of...
(joined the government, remained a member until 2000) - Dave Anderson MPDavid AndersonDavid A. Anderson, is a former Canadian cabinet minister.Educated at Victoria College in Victoria, BC and the University of British Columbia, Anderson served as a foreign service officer in the Department of External Affairs between 1962 and 1968...
(joined the government, 2006)
The following members resigned their membership of the Campaign Group for other reasons:
- Alan Meale MPAlan MealeSir Joseph Alan Meale is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Mansfield since 1987.-Early life:...
(resigned, 1987) - Gerry Birmingham (resigned, 1991)
- Terry PatchettTerry PatchettTerry Patchett was a politician in the United Kingdom.Born in Staincross, Barnsley, Patchett served as Member of Parliament for Barnsley East until his death, and was a member of the Labour Party. In Parliament he worked for the mining communities of Yorkshire. He died in office in Sheffield aged...
(resigned, 1991) - Keith Vaz MPKeith VazNigel Keith Anthony Standish Vaz, known as Keith Vaz, was born 26 November 1956 in Aden, Yemen.Keith Vaz is a British Labour Party politician and a Member of Parliament for Leicester East, He is the longest serving Asian MP and has been the Chairman of the Home Affairs Select Committee since July...
(resigned, 1991) - Jimmy Hood MPJimmy HoodJames "Jimmy" Hood is a British Labour Party politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for Lanark and Hamilton East since 2005...
(resigned, 1997)