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- John_Silkin abstract "John Ernest Silkin, PC (18 March 1923 – 26 April 1987) was an English Labour politician and solicitor.He was the third son of Lewis Silkin, 1st Baron Silkin, and a younger brother of Samuel Silkin, Baron Silkin of Dulwich. He was educated at Dulwich College, the University of Wales and Trinity Hall at Cambridge. Silkin served in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve from 1942 to 1946. He was commissioned as a sub-lieutenant in 1943, serving in the East Indies Fleet, Eastern Fleet and Pacific Fleet aboard HMS King George V and HMS Formidable, and ashore at Anderson, Ceylon (FECB). He was later promoted lieutenant. He was demobilised in 1946 and returned to Cambridge.Silkin was admitted as a solicitor in 1950 and worked for his father's law practice in London.He contested the seat of St Marylebone at the General Election for the Labour Party in 1950, West Woolwich in 1951 and South Nottingham in 1959. He served as a councillor in the Metropolitan Borough of St Marylebone (1962–63) and was elected to the House of Commons for the first time in July 1963. He served as the Labour Member of Parliament for Deptford (1963–74) and for Lewisham, Deptford (1974–87).He was appointed to the Privy Council in 1966. He served as a Government Chief Whip (1966–69) and as the deputy leader of the House of Commons (1968–69). He was appointed as the Minister of Public Buildings and Works (1969–70) and the Minister for Planning and Local Government in the Department for the Environment (1974–76). He served as the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (1976–79).In opposition, Silkin was an unsuccessful candidate in the 1980 Labour leadership election following the resignation of James Callaghan and in the deputy leadership election in 1981. He served as Opposition Spokesman on Industry (1979–80), Shadow Leader of the House of Commons (1980–83), Shadow Defence Secretary (1981–83) and the Dairy Industry Arbitrator (1986–87).He was married to the actress Rosamund John from 1950 until his early death in 1987. Their son Rory L. F. Silkin was born in 1954.Silkin's publication Changing Battlefields: The Challenge to the Labour Party appeared posthumously. His papers were given to the Churchill Archives Centre by his widow in February 1990. These cover his Parliamentary and Ministerial career, as well as his other public interests, such as the Channel Tunnel, the European Economic Community and the dairy industry. There is material of particular interest concerning his relationship with his Constituency Labour Party in Deptford and on the Labour Party Leadership and Deputy Leadership Elections in 1980 and 1981.".
- John_Silkin activeYearsEndDate "1969-04-30".
- John_Silkin activeYearsEndDate "1970-06-19".
- John_Silkin activeYearsEndDate "1974-02-28".
- John_Silkin activeYearsEndDate "1976-09-10".
- John_Silkin activeYearsEndDate "1979-05-04".
- John_Silkin activeYearsEndDate "1980-12-08".
- John_Silkin activeYearsEndDate "1983-10-30".
- John_Silkin activeYearsEndDate "1984-10-26".
- John_Silkin activeYearsEndDate "1987-06-11".
- John_Silkin activeYearsStartDate "1963-07-04".
- John_Silkin activeYearsStartDate "1966-07-04".
- John_Silkin activeYearsStartDate "1969-04-30".
- John_Silkin activeYearsStartDate "1974-02-28".
- John_Silkin activeYearsStartDate "1974-03-07".
- John_Silkin activeYearsStartDate "1976-09-10".
- John_Silkin activeYearsStartDate "1979-07-14".
- John_Silkin activeYearsStartDate "1980-12-08".
- John_Silkin activeYearsStartDate "1981-11-24".
- John_Silkin almaMater Trinity_Hall,_Cambridge.
- John_Silkin almaMater University_of_Wales.
- John_Silkin birthDate "1923-03-18".
- John_Silkin birthYear "1923".
- John_Silkin deathDate "1987-04-26".
- John_Silkin deathYear "1987".
- John_Silkin office "Government Chief Whip in the Commons".
- John_Silkin office "Member of Parliament".
- John_Silkin office "Minister of Public Buildings and Works".
- John_Silkin office "Minister of State for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food".
- John_Silkin office "Minister of State for Local Government and Planning".
- John_Silkin office "Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury".
- John_Silkin office "Shadow Leader of the House of Commons".
- John_Silkin office "Shadow Secretary of State for Defence".
- John_Silkin office "Shadow Secretary of State for Industry".
- John_Silkin office "for Deptford".
- John_Silkin office "for Lewisham Deptford".
- John_Silkin party Labour_Party_(UK).
- John_Silkin primeMinister Harold_Wilson.
- John_Silkin primeMinister James_Callaghan.
- John_Silkin successor Bob_Mellish,_Baron_Mellish.
- John_Silkin successor Denzil_Davies.
- John_Silkin successor Joan_Ruddock.
- John_Silkin successor Julian_Amery.
- John_Silkin successor Peter_Shore.
- John_Silkin successor Peter_Walker,_Baron_Walker_of_Worcester.
- John_Silkin successor Stanley_Orme,_Baron_Orme.
- John_Silkin termPeriod John_Silkin__1.
- John_Silkin termPeriod John_Silkin__2.
- John_Silkin termPeriod John_Silkin__3.
- John_Silkin termPeriod John_Silkin__4.
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- John_Silkin after Bob_Mellish,_Baron_Mellish.
- John_Silkin after Charles_Grey_(politician).
- John_Silkin almaMater Trinity_Hall,_Cambridge.
- John_Silkin almaMater University_of_Wales.
- John_Silkin as "Minister of State for Local Government and Development".
- John_Silkin before Edward_Short,_Baron_Glenamara.
- John_Silkin before Graham_Page.
- John_Silkin before Sydney_Irving.
- John_Silkin birthDate "1923-03-18".
- John_Silkin dateOfBirth "1923-03-18".
- John_Silkin dateOfDeath "1987-04-26".
- John_Silkin deathDate "1987-04-26".
- John_Silkin hasPhotoCollection John_Silkin.
- John_Silkin honorificPrefix The_Right_Honourable.
- John_Silkin leader James_Callaghan.
- John_Silkin leader Michael_Foot.
- John_Silkin leader Neil_Kinnock.
- John_Silkin name "John Silkin".
- John_Silkin name "Silkin, John".
- John_Silkin office Chief_Whip.
- John_Silkin office Department_for_Environment,_Food_and_Rural_Affairs.
- John_Silkin office First_Commissioner_of_Works.
- John_Silkin office House_of_Commons_of_the_United_Kingdom.
- John_Silkin office Member_of_parliament.
- John_Silkin office Minister_of_Agriculture,_Fisheries_and_Food.
- John_Silkin office Parliamentary_Secretary_to_the_Treasury.
- John_Silkin office Shadow_Leader_of_the_House_of_Commons.
- John_Silkin office Shadow_Secretary_of_State_for_Business,_Innovation_and_Skills.
- John_Silkin office Shadow_Secretary_of_State_for_Defence.
- John_Silkin office "for Deptford".
- John_Silkin office "for Lewisham Deptford".
- John_Silkin party Labour_Party_(UK).
- John_Silkin predecessor Bob_Mellish,_Baron_Mellish.
- John_Silkin predecessor Brynmor_John.
- John_Silkin predecessor Edward_Short,_Baron_Glenamara.
- John_Silkin predecessor Fred_Peart,_Baron_Peart.
- John_Silkin predecessor John_Biffen.
- John_Silkin predecessor Leslie_Plummer.
- John_Silkin predecessor Michael_Foot.
- John_Silkin predecessor "Constituency Created".
- John_Silkin predecessor "Graham Page".
- John_Silkin primeminister Harold_Wilson.
- John_Silkin primeminister James_Callaghan.
- John_Silkin rows "2".