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Edward Heath of the Conservative Party formed the Heath ministry and was appointed Prime Minister of the United Kingdom by Queen Elizabeth II on 19 June 1970, following the 18 June general election. Heath's ministry ended after the February 1974 general election , which produced a hung parliament , leading to the formation of a minority ...
The Second Shadow Cabinet of Edward Heath was created after the Conservative Party lost the February 1974 general election.It was led by the Leader of the Conservative Party Edward Heath and featured prominent Conservative politicians both past and future.
Macmillan later appointed Heath Minister of Labour, a Cabinet Minister—as Chief Whip Heath had attended Cabinet, but had not been formally a member—after winning the October 1959 election. In 1960 Macmillan appointed Heath Lord Privy Seal with responsibility for the negotiations to secure the UK's first attempt to join the European ...
The First Shadow Cabinet of Edward Heath was created on 28 July 1965 after the Conservative Party elected Edward Heath as its leader, replacing Alec Douglas-Home. Shadow cabinet list [ edit ]
Official Shadow Cabinet Government Other opposition 1964 Alec Douglas-Home: Douglas-Home: Wilson I Grimond Frontbench Team: 1965 Edward Heath: Heath I: Wilson II: 1970 Harold Wilson: Wilson II: Heath Thorpe Frontbench Team: 1974 Edward Heath: Heath II: Wilson III: Wilson IV: 1975 Margaret Thatcher: Thatcher: Callaghan: 1979 James Callaghan ...
First Shadow Cabinet of Edward Heath, 1965–1970; Second Shadow Cabinet of Edward Heath, 1974–1975 This page was last edited on 10 ...
Future Prime Minister Edward Heath became a member of the cabinet for the first time as Minister of Labour and National Service in 1959, while another future Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, held her first government post in 1961 as Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Pensions.
[27] [28] Eventually, Edward Heath decided to bring in direct rule of Northern Ireland under a separate Secretary of State. In 1974, Shane Paul O'Doherty, an IRA member, sent Maudling a letter bomb , which slightly injured him.