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- Roy_Jenkins abstract "Roy Harris Jenkins, Baron Jenkins of Hillhead, OM, PC (11 November 1920 – 5 January 2003) was a British politician and writer.The son of a Welsh coal miner who later became a union official and Labour MP, Roy Jenkins served with distinction in World War II. Elected to Parliament as a Labour member in 1948, he served in several major posts in Harold Wilson's First Government. As Home Secretary from 1965–1967, he sought to build what he described as "a civilized society", with measures such as the effective abolition in Britain of capital punishment and theatre censorship, the decriminalisation of homosexuality, relaxing of divorce law, suspension of birching and the legalisation of abortion. As Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1967–1970, he pursued a tight fiscal policy. On 8 July 1970, he was elected Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, but resigned in 1972 because he supported entry to the Common Market, while the party opposed it.When Wilson re-entered government in 1974 Jenkins returned to the Home Office, but increasingly disenchanted by the leftward swing of the Labour Party,[citation needed] he chose to leave British politics in 1976 and was appointed President of the European Commission in 1977, serving until 1981: he was the first and to date only British holder of this office. In 1981, dismayed with the Labour Party's continuing leftward drift, he was one of the "Gang of Four" – Labour moderates who formed the Social Democratic Party (SDP). In 1982 he won a famous by-election in a Conservative seat and returned to parliament; but after disappointment with the performance of the SDP in the 1983 election he resigned as SDP leader.In 1987, Jenkins was elected to succeed Harold Macmillan as Chancellor of the University of Oxford following the latter's death; he held this position until his death. A few months after becoming Chancellor, Jenkins was defeated in his Hillhead constituency by then-Labour politician George Galloway. He accepted a life peerage and sat as a Liberal Democrat. In the late 1990s, he was an adviser to Tony Blair and chaired the Jenkins Commission on electoral reform. Roy Jenkins died in 2003, aged 82.In addition to his political career, he was also a noted historian and writer.".
- Roy_Jenkins activeYearsEndDate "1967-09-30".
- Roy_Jenkins activeYearsEndDate "1970-06-19".
- Roy_Jenkins activeYearsEndDate "1972-04-10".
- Roy_Jenkins activeYearsEndDate "1976-09-10".
- Roy_Jenkins activeYearsEndDate "1981-01-19".
- Roy_Jenkins activeYearsEndDate "1983-06-13".
- Roy_Jenkins activeYearsEndDate "2003-01-05".
- Roy_Jenkins activeYearsStartDate "1965-12-23".
- Roy_Jenkins activeYearsStartDate "1967-11-30".
- Roy_Jenkins activeYearsStartDate "1970-07-08".
- Roy_Jenkins activeYearsStartDate "1974-03-05".
- Roy_Jenkins activeYearsStartDate "1977-01-06".
- Roy_Jenkins activeYearsStartDate "1982-07-07".
- Roy_Jenkins activeYearsStartDate "1987-03-14".
- Roy_Jenkins alias "Baron Jenkins of Hillhead".
- Roy_Jenkins almaMater Balliol_College,_Oxford.
- Roy_Jenkins almaMater Cardiff_University.
- Roy_Jenkins battle World_War_II.
- Roy_Jenkins birthDate "1920-11-11".
- Roy_Jenkins birthPlace Abersychan.
- Roy_Jenkins birthPlace Wales.
- Roy_Jenkins birthYear "1920".
- Roy_Jenkins deathDate "2003-01-05".
- Roy_Jenkins deathPlace Oxfordshire.
- Roy_Jenkins deathYear "2003".
- Roy_Jenkins deputy David_Owen.
- Roy_Jenkins militaryBranch British_Army.
- Roy_Jenkins militaryBranch Royal_Artillery.
- Roy_Jenkins militaryRank Captain_(armed_forces).
- Roy_Jenkins office "Chancellor of the Exchequer".
- Roy_Jenkins office "Chancellor of the University of Oxford".
- Roy_Jenkins office "Deputy Leader of the Labour Party".
- Roy_Jenkins office "Home Secretary".
- Roy_Jenkins office "Leader of the Social Democratic Party".
- Roy_Jenkins office "President of the European Commission".
- Roy_Jenkins otherParty Labour_Party_(UK).
- Roy_Jenkins otherParty Social_Democratic_Party_(UK).
- Roy_Jenkins party Liberal_Democrats.
- Roy_Jenkins primeMinister Harold_Wilson.
- Roy_Jenkins primeMinister James_Callaghan.
- Roy_Jenkins successor Chris_Patten.
- Roy_Jenkins successor David_Owen.
- Roy_Jenkins successor Edward_Short,_Baron_Glenamara.
- Roy_Jenkins successor Gaston_Thorn.
- Roy_Jenkins successor Iain_Macleod.
- Roy_Jenkins successor James_Callaghan.
- Roy_Jenkins successor Merlyn_Rees.
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- Roy_Jenkins thumbnail Roy_Jenkins,_Chancellor_of_Oxford.jpg?width=300.
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- Roy_Jenkins wikiPageID "26287".
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- Roy_Jenkins almaMater Balliol_College,_Oxford.
- Roy_Jenkins almaMater Cardiff_University.
- Roy_Jenkins alternativeNames "Baron Jenkins of Hillhead".
- Roy_Jenkins battles World_War_II.
- Roy_Jenkins birthDate "1920-11-11".
- Roy_Jenkins birthName "Roy Harris Jenkins".
- Roy_Jenkins birthPlace "Abersychan, Wales".
- Roy_Jenkins branch "20".
- Roy_Jenkins branch "• Royal Artillery".
- Roy_Jenkins caption "Roy Jenkins robed as Chancellor of Oxford University".
- Roy_Jenkins dateOfBirth "1920-11-11".
- Roy_Jenkins dateOfDeath "2003-01-05".
- Roy_Jenkins deathDate "2003-01-05".
- Roy_Jenkins deathPlace "Oxfordshire, England".
- Roy_Jenkins deputy David_Owen.
- Roy_Jenkins hasPhotoCollection Roy_Jenkins.
- Roy_Jenkins honorificPrefix The_Right_Honourable.
- Roy_Jenkins honorificSuffix Order_of_Merit.
- Roy_Jenkins honorificSuffix Privy_Council_of_the_United_Kingdom.
- Roy_Jenkins imagesize "150".
- Roy_Jenkins leader Harold_Wilson.
- Roy_Jenkins name "Jenkins, Roy Harris".
- Roy_Jenkins name "The Lord Jenkins of Hillhead".
- Roy_Jenkins office Chancellor_of_the_Exchequer.
- Roy_Jenkins office Deputy_Leader_of_the_Labour_Party_(UK).
- Roy_Jenkins office Home_Secretary.
- Roy_Jenkins office List_of_Chancellors_of_the_University_of_Oxford.
- Roy_Jenkins office Member_of_parliament.
- Roy_Jenkins office President_of_the_European_Commission.
- Roy_Jenkins office "Leader of the Social Democratic Party".
- Roy_Jenkins office "for Birmingham Stechford".
- Roy_Jenkins office "for Glasgow Hillhead".
- Roy_Jenkins office "for Southwark Central".
- Roy_Jenkins otherparty "Labour".
- Roy_Jenkins otherparty "Social Democratic".
- Roy_Jenkins party "Liberal Democrats".
- Roy_Jenkins placeOfBirth "Abersychan, United Kingdom".
- Roy_Jenkins placeOfDeath "Oxfordshire, United Kingdom".
- Roy_Jenkins predecessor Frank_Soskice,_Baron_Stow_Hill.
- Roy_Jenkins predecessor François-Xavier_Ortoli.
- Roy_Jenkins predecessor George_Brown,_Baron_George-Brown.