| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Leo Abse |
Politician |
22-Apr-1917 |
19-Aug-2008 |
Labour MP for Torfaen, 1983-87 |
| Douglas Alexander |
Politician |
26-Oct-1967 |
|
British MP, Paisley and Renfrewshire South |
| Louise Bagshawe |
Novelist |
28-Jun-1971 |
|
Chick lit novelist, British MP for Corby |
| Ed Balls |
Politician |
25-Feb-1967 |
|
British MP, Normanton |
| Margaret Beckett |
Government |
15-Jan-1943 |
|
UK Foreign Secretary, 2006-07 |
| Hilary Benn |
Politician |
26-Nov-1953 |
|
UK Minister for the Environment |
| Tony Benn |
Politician |
3-Apr-1925 |
14-Mar-2014 |
Radical left Labour MP |
| Ernest Bevin |
Politician |
9-Mar-1881 |
14-Apr-1951 |
UK Foreign Secretary, 1945-51 |
| Tony Blair |
Head of State |
6-May-1953 |
|
UK Prime Minister, 1997-2007 |
| Hazel Blears |
Politician |
14-May-1956 |
|
British MP, Salford |
| Bob Blizzard |
Politician |
31-May-1951 |
|
British MP, Waveney |
| David Blunkett |
Politician |
6-Jun-1947 |
|
UK Home Secretary, 2001-04 |
| Betty Boothroyd |
Politician |
8-Oct-1929 |
|
Speaker of the House of Commons, 1992-2000 |
| Herbert Bowden |
Politician |
20-Jan-1905 |
30-Apr-1994 |
Leader, House of Commons, 1964-66 |
| Melvyn Bragg |
TV Personality |
6-Oct-1939 |
|
The South Bank Show |
| George Brown |
Politician |
2-Sep-1914 |
2-Jun-1985 |
UK Foreign Secretary, 1966-68 |
| Gordon Brown |
Politician |
20-Feb-1951 |
|
UK Prime Minister, 2007-10 |
| Lyn Brown |
Politician |
13-Apr-1960 |
|
British MP, West Ham |
| Des Browne |
Politician |
22-Mar-1952 |
|
UK Minister of Defence |
| Andrew Burnham |
Politician |
7-Jan-1970 |
|
British MP, Leigh |
| Vincent Cable |
Politician |
9-May-1943 |
|
British MP, Twickenham |
| Charles Clarke |
Politician |
21-Sep-1950 |
|
UK Home Secretary, 2004-06 |
| John Robert Clynes |
Politician |
27-Mar-1869 |
23-Oct-1949 |
UK Home Secretary, 1929-31 |
| Robin Cook |
Politician |
28-Feb-1946 |
6-Aug-2005 |
UK Foreign Secretary, 1997-2001 |
| Jeremy Corbyn |
Politician |
26-May-1949 |
|
Leader of the UK Labour Party |
| Stafford Cripps |
Politician |
24-Apr-1889 |
21-Apr-1952 |
Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1947-50 |
| Anthony Crosland |
Politician |
29-Aug-1918 |
19-Feb-1977 |
UK Foreign Secretary, 1976-77 |
| Richard Crossman |
Politician |
15-Dec-1907 |
5-Apr-1974 |
Leader, House of Commons, 1966-68 |
| Alistair Darling |
Politician |
28-Nov-1953 |
|
Chancellor of the Exchequer |
| Ron Davies |
Politician |
6-Aug-1946 |
|
Former MP, Caerphilly |
| John Denham |
Politician |
15-Jul-1953 |
|
British MP, Southampton Itchen |
| Gwyneth Dunwoody |
Politician |
12-Dec-1930 |
17-Apr-2008 |
British MP, Crewe and Nantwich |
| James Chuter Ede |
Politician |
11-Sep-1882 |
11-Nov-1965 |
UK Home Secretary, 1945-51 |
| George Ewart Evans |
Historian |
1-Apr-1909 |
11-Jan-1988 |
Ask the Fellows Who Cut the Hay |
| Alex Ferguson |
Soccer |
31-Dec-1941 |
|
Manager of Manchester United, 1986-2013 |
| Michael Foot |
Politician |
23-Jul-1913 |
3-Mar-2010 |
Leader, House of Commons, 1976-79 |
| Hugh Gaitskell |
Politician |
9-Apr-1906 |
18-Jan-1963 |
Leader of the Labour Party, 1955-63 |
| John Golding |
Politician |
9-Mar-1931 |
20-Jan-1999 |
MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme, 1969-96 |
| Bryan Gould |
Politician |
11-Feb-1939 |
|
Former MP, Dagenham |
| John Grogan |
Politician |
24-Feb-1961 |
|
British MP, Selby |
| Peter Hain |
Politician |
16-Feb-1950 |
|
British MP, Neath |
| Harriet Harman |
Politician |
30-Jul-1950 |
|
Leader, House of Commons |
| Denis Healey |
Politician |
30-Aug-1917 |
3-Oct-2015 |
Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1974-79 |
| Clive R. Hollick |
Business |
19-May-1945 |
|
CEO of United Business Media, 1996-2005 |
| John Hutton |
Politician |
6-May-1955 |
|
British MP, Barrow and Furness |
| Alan Johnson |
Politician |
17-May-1950 |
|
UK Home Secretary, 2009-10 |
| James Robertson Justice |
Actor |
15-Jun-1907 |
2-Jul-1975 |
Doctor in the House |
| Ruth Kelly |
Politician |
9-May-1968 |
|
UK Minister of Transport |
| Neil Kinnock |
Politician |
28-Mar-1942 |
|
Labour Party Leader, 1983-92 |
| Harold Laski |
Economist |
30-Jun-1893 |
24-Mar-1950 |
A Grammar of Politics |
| Ken Livingstone |
Politician |
17-Jun-1945 |
|
Mayor of London, 2000-08 |
| Elizabeth Longford |
Historian |
30-Aug-1906 |
23-Oct-2002 |
Victoria R. I. |
| Ramsay MacDonald |
Head of State |
12-Oct-1866 |
9-Nov-1937 |
First Labour Prime Minister of UK |
| John MacDougall |
Politician |
8-Dec-1947 |
13-Aug-2008 |
Labour MP for Glenrothes, 2005-08 |
| Peter Mandelson |
Politician |
21-Oct-1953 |
|
EU Commissioner for Trade |
| Roy Mason |
Politician |
18-Apr-1924 |
19-Apr-2015 |
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, 1976-79 |
| Robert Maxwell |
Publisher |
10-Jun-1923 |
5-Nov-1991 |
Mirror Group tycoon |
| Ian McCartney |
Politician |
25-Apr-1951 |
|
British MP, Makerfield |
| Alun Michael |
Politician |
22-Aug-1943 |
|
British MP, Cardiff South and Penarth |
| David Miliband |
Politician |
15-Jul-1965 |
|
UK Foreign Secretary, 2007-10 |
| Ed Miliband |
Politician |
24-Dec-1969 |
|
British MP, Doncaster North |
| Ralph Miliband |
Scholar |
7-Jan-1924 |
21-May-1994 |
Parliamentary Socialism |
| Herbert Morrison |
Politician |
3-Jan-1888 |
6-Mar-1965 |
UK Home Secretary, 1940-45 |
| Mo Mowlam |
Politician |
18-Sep-1949 |
19-Aug-2005 |
Former Labour MP |
| Frederick Mulley |
Politician |
3-Jul-1918 |
15-Mar-1995 |
UK Minister of Defence, 1976-79 |
| Paul Murphy |
Politician |
25-Nov-1948 |
|
British MP, Torfaen |
| Fred Peart |
Politician |
30-Apr-1914 |
26-Aug-1988 |
Leader, House of Commons, 1968-70 |
| James Plaskitt |
Politician |
23-Jun-1954 |
|
British MP, Warwick and Leamington |
| John Prescott |
Politician |
31-May-1938 |
|
Deputy Prime Minister of the UK, 1997-2007 |
| James Purnell |
Politician |
2-Oct-1970 |
|
British MP, Stalybridge and Hyde |
| Merlyn Rees |
Politician |
18-Dec-1920 |
5-Jan-2006 |
UK Home Secretary, 1976-79 |
| John Reid |
Politician |
8-May-1947 |
|
British MP, Airdrie and Shotts |
| Tony Robinson |
Actor |
15-Aug-1946 |
|
Blackadder |
| Martin Salter |
Politician |
19-Apr-1954 |
|
British MP, Reading West |
| Peter Shore |
Politician |
20-May-1924 |
24-Sep-2001 |
Former MP, Stepney |
| Edward Short |
Politician |
17-Dec-1912 |
4-May-2012 |
Leader, House of Commons, 1974-76 |
| Jacqui Smith |
Politician |
3-Nov-1962 |
|
UK Home Secretary |
| Frank Soskice |
Politician |
23-Jul-1902 |
1-Jan-1979 |
UK Home Secretary, 1964-65 |
| Jock Stallard |
Politician |
5-Nov-1921 |
29-Mar-2008 |
British MP, St. Pancras North, 1970-83 |
| Michael Stewart |
Politician |
6-Nov-1906 |
13-Mar-1990 |
Former UK Foreign Secretary |
| John Stonehouse |
Politician |
28-Jul-1925 |
14-Apr-1988 |
British MP, faked his own death |
| Jack Straw |
Politician |
3-Aug-1946 |
|
Leader, House of Commons, 2006-07 |
| Ann Taylor |
Politician |
2-Jul-1947 |
|
Leader, House of Commons, 1997-98 |
| David Taylor |
Politician |
22-Aug-1946 |
26-Dec-2009 |
British MP, North West Leicestershire |
| William Temple |
Religion |
15-Oct-1881 |
26-Oct-1944 |
Archbishop of Canterbury, 1942-44 |
| Sybil Thorndike |
Actor |
24-Oct-1882 |
9-Jun-1976 |
English stage actress |
| Stephen Timms |
Politician |
29-Jul-1955 |
|
Labour MP for East Ham, stabbed |
| Neil Turner |
Politician |
16-Sep-1945 |
|
British MP, Wigan |
| Eric Varley |
Politician |
11-Aug-1932 |
|
Former MP, Chesterfield |
| Patrick Gordon Walker |
Politician |
7-Apr-1907 |
2-Dec-1980 |
UK Foreign Secretary, 1964-66 |
| Claire Ward |
Politician |
9-May-1972 |
|
British MP, Watford |
| Shaun Woodward |
Politician |
26-Oct-1958 |
|
British MP, St. Helens South |
