1. Albert William "Jock" Stallard, Baron Stallard was a British Labour politician.
19 Facts About Jock Stallard
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Jock Stallard served as a councillor in St Pancras and Camden, and then as a Member of Parliament.
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Jock Stallard retired from the House of Commons at the 1983 general election and became a life peer in the 1983 Dissolution Honours.
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Jock Stallard's family had moved to Scotland before his birth, and he retained the nickname "Jock" in later life.
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Jock Stallard was educated at Low Waters Public School, winning a place to continue his education at the Hamilton Academy.
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Jock Stallard's family returned to London in 1937, and he left school aged 16 to become an apprentice in precision engineering.
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Jock Stallard was a socialist, becoming a shop steward for the Amalgamated Union of Engineering Workers.
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Jock Stallard found himself working in a reserved occupation during the Second World War.
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Jock Stallard was elected to St Pancras Council in 1953.
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Jock Stallard left the council in 1959, but rejoined the party and became an alderman in 1962.
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Jock Stallard served as a member of Camden London Borough Council from its formation in 1964 as the successor to St Pancras Council until he became an MP in 1970.
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Jock Stallard was Member of Parliament for St Pancras North from 1970 until the constituency was abolished in boundary changes at the 1983 general election.
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Jock Stallard became a government whip in early 1976, when James Callaghan replaced Harold Wilson.
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Jock Stallard was promoted to become a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury in 1978, but resigned in January 1979 when the Prime Minister, Callaghan, promoted a Bill which would increase the representation of Northern Ireland in the House of Commons from 12 seats to 17.
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Jock Stallard was created a life peer as Baron Stallard, of St Pancras in the London Borough of Camden, on 7 September 1983.
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Jock Stallard married Julia Murphy in 1944, in St Pancras, London.
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Jock Stallard's wife was Irish, originally from County Kerry, and the couple had a son, Richard, in 1945 and a daughter, Brenda, in 1949.
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Jock Stallard was a self-taught pianist, enjoyed jazz music and performed at sing-songs in several Camden pubs.
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Jock Stallard attended the House of Lords everyday until his wife's death in 2004.