Peter Shore
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Peter David Shore, Baron Shore of Stepney, PC (20 May 1924 – 24 September 2001) was a British Labour Party politician and former Cabinet Minister, noted in part for his opposition to the United Kingdom's entry into the European Economic Community.
The Lord Shore of Stepney | |
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Secretary of State for the Environment | |
In office 8 April 1976 – 4 May 1979 | |
Prime Minister | James Callaghan |
Preceded by | Tony Crosland |
Succeeded by | Michael Heseltine |
Secretary of State for Trade | |
In office 4 March 1974 – 8 April 1976 | |
Prime Minister | Harold Wilson |
Preceded by | Peter Walker (Trade and Industry) |
Succeeded by | Edmund Dell |
Minister without Portfolio | |
In office 6 October 1969 – 19 June 1970 | |
Prime Minister | Harold Wilson |
Preceded by | George Thomson |
Succeeded by | The Lord Drumalbyn |
Secretary of State for Economic Affairs | |
In office 29 August 1967 – 6 October 1969 | |
Prime Minister | Harold Wilson |
Preceded by | Michael Stewart |
Succeeded by | Anthony Crosland (Minister of State) |
Member of Parliament for Bethnal Green and Stepney Stepney (1964–1974) Stepney and Poplar (1974–1983) | |
In office 15 October 1964 – 8 April 1997 | |
Preceded by | Stoker Edwards |
Succeeded by | Oona King |
Personal details | |
Born | (1924-05-20)20 May 1924 Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England |
Died | 24 September 2001(2001-09-24) (aged 77) London, England |
Political party | Labour |
Spouse | |
Children | Piers Shore Crispin Nicholas Shore Tacy Susan Shore Thomasina Shore |
Alma mater | King's College, Cambridge |
His idiosyncratic left-wing nationalism led to comparison with the French politician Jean-Pierre Chevènement.[1] He was described in an obituary by the Conservative journalist Patrick Cosgrave as "Between Harold Wilson and Tony Blair, the only possible Labour Party leader of whom a Conservative leader had cause to walk in fear" and, along with Enoch Powell, "the most captivating rhetorician of the age".[2]