John Smith (Labour Party leader)
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John Smith (Labour Party leader)

Personal data
Date of birth13 September 1938
Place of birthDalmally, United Kingdom
Date of death12 May 1994(age 55)
Place of deathLondon, United Kingdom
Political partyLabour
SpouseElizabeth Bennett (1967 � 1994)
Alma materUniversity of Glasgow
ReligionChurch of Scotland
Leader of the Opposition
In office18 July 1992 - 12 May 1994
MonarchElizabeth II
Prime ministerJohn Major
Succeeded byMargaret Beckett
Preceded byNeil Kinnock
Leader of the Labour Party
In office18 July 1992 - 12 May 1994
DeputyMargaret Beckett
Succeeded byMargaret Beckett
Preceded byNeil Kinnock
Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer
In office12 June 1987 - 18 July 1992
LeaderNeil Kinnock
Succeeded byGordon Brown
Preceded byRoy Hattersley
Secretary of State for Trade
In office11 November 1978 - 4 May 1979
Prime ministerJames Callaghan
Succeeded byJohn Nott
Preceded byEdmund Dell
In office9 June 1983 - 12 May 1994
Majority11,747 (37.7%)
Succeeded byHelen Liddell
Preceded byConstituency established
In office18 June 1970 - 9 June 1983
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
Preceded byMargaret Herbison

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John Smith (13 September 1938 - 12 May 1994) was a British Labour Party politician who served as Leader of the Labour Party from July 1992 until his sudden death from a heart attack in May 1994. He first entered parliament in 1970 and was the Secretary of State for Trade from 1978 � 1979 and then the shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer under Neil Kinnock from 1987-1992.

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Murder victim's sister outraged by civil case - Stuff.co.nz Tweet this news
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York youth admits causing death by careless driving - BBC News Tweet this news
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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Margaret Herbison
Member of Parliament for North Lanarkshire
1970 - 1983
New constituencyMember of Parliament for Monklands East
1983 - 1994
Succeeded by
Helen Liddell
Political offices
Preceded by
Edmund Dell
Secretary of State for Trade
1978 - 1979
Succeeded by
John Nott
Preceded by
Roy Hattersley
Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer
1987 - 1992
Succeeded by
Gordon Brown
Preceded by
Neil Kinnock
Leader of the Opposition
1992 - 1994
Succeeded by
Margaret Beckett|
Party political offices
Preceded by
Neil Kinnock
Leader of the Labour Party
1992 - 1994
Succeeded by
Margaret Beckett

Labour Party

Leadership
Leaders
(Commons)
Hardie * Henderson * Barnes * MacDonald * Henderson * Adamson * Clynes * MacDonald * Henderson * Lansbury * Attlee * Gaitskell * George Brown (acting) * Wilson * Callaghan * Foot * Kinnock * Smith * Beckett (acting) * Blair * Brown * Harman (acting)
Deputy LeadersClynes * Graham * Attlee * Greenwood * Morrison * Griffiths * Bevan * Brown * Jenkins * Short * Foot * Healey * Hattersley * Beckett * Prescott * Harman
Leaders
(Lords)
Haldane * Cripps * Ponsonby * Snell * Addison * Jowitt * Alexander * Pakenham * Shackleton * Shepherd * Peart * Hughes * Richard * Jay * Williams * Amos * Ashton * Royall
Leadership elections
1922 (Macdonald) * 1935 (Attlee) * 1955 (Gaitskell) * 1960 * 1961 * 1963 (Wilson) * 1976 (Callaghan) * 1980 (Foot) * 1983 (Kinnock) * 1988 * 1992 (Smith) * 1994 (Blair) * 2007 (Brown) * 2010 ----
Deputy Leadership elections
1972 (Short) * 1976 (Foot) * 1980 (Healey) * 1981 (Healey) * 1983 (Hattersley) * 1988 * 1992 (Beckett) * 1994 (Prescott) * 2007 (Harman) ----
Shadow Cabinet elections
1992 (Smith) * 1993 (Smith) * 1994 (Blair) * 1995 (Blair) * 1996 (Blair) * 2010 ----
Constitution and structure
Constitution * Rule book * Constituency Labour Parties * Affiliated trade unions * Socialist societies * Parliamentary Labour Party * National Executive Committee * Labour Party Conference * National Policy Forum * Clause IV * General Secretary * Treasurer ----
Related organisations
Affiliated trade union * Christian Socialist Movement * Compass * Co-operative Party * Fabian Society * Grassroots Alliance * Labour Campaign for Electoral Reform * Labour CND * Labour Friends of Israel * Labour Party Irish Society * Labour Party Young Socialists * Labour Representation Committee (2004) * Labour Students * League of Youth * LGBT Labour * Labourhome * Militant tendency * National Union of Labour and Socialist Clubs * Progress * Scottish Labour Party * Socialist Appeal * Socialist Education Association * SERA * Socialist Campaign Group * Socialist Youth Network * Welsh Labour ----
History and related topics
History of the British Labour Party * History of socialism in Great Britain * Lib-Lab pact



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