Roy Jenkins
1920-11-11

Baron Jenkins of Hillhead

Labour MP for Southwark Central 1948-50, Birmingham Stechford 1950-77; SDP MP for Glasgow Hillhead 1982-87

Deputy Leader of the Labour Party 1970-72, Leader of the SDP 1982-83, Leader of the Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords 1988-97

Home Secretary 1965-67, 1974-76, Chancellor of the Exchequer 1967-70

President of the European Commission 1977-81

Histories (subject)

The following histories are about Roy Jenkins or mention them in some way:

• Roy Jenkins (Lord Jenkins), 1920-2003

Journal Articles (subject)

The following journal articles are about Roy Jenkins or mention them in some way:

• The Alliance: parties and leaders
• The Alliance: two-party cooperation in practice
• The merger debate in the SDP 1981-87
• Interviewing Roy Jenkins
• Writing about Roy
• A Liberal in power

Events (subject)

The following events had Roy Jenkins as their subject or discussed them in some way:

• Roy Jenkins: reformer, visionary, statesman

Histories (author)

Roy Jenkins is the author of the following histories:

• Limehouse Declaration

Journal Articles (author)

Roy Jenkins is the author of the following journal articles:

• The British Liberal tradition
• Gladstone and books
• Writing about Gladstone
• Gladstone: The colossus of the nineteenth century – politics then and now

Events (speaker)

Roy Jenkins was a featured speaker at the following events:

• Speeches and Speech-makers

Groups

• Members of Parliament (Commons)
• Members of Parliament (Lords)
• Party Leaders

Related time periods

• 1976-1988
• 1988-2010