David Owen
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David Anthony Llewellyn Owen, Baron Owen, is a British politician and physician. He served as Foreign Secretary in the Labour government of James Callaghan from 1977 to 1979, becoming the youngest per
Official portrait, 2018
Owen in 1980
Owen speaking in 1981
Owen at a march in Limehouse in 2014
Gang of Four (SDP)
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In UK politics, the Gang of Four was a breakaway group of four Labour politicians who founded the Social Democratic Party in 1981, including two sitting Labour MPs and a former deputy leader of the pa
David Owen
…1935, and later led the Social Democratic Party (SDP). He was a Member of Parliament for 26 years, from 1966 to 1992. In 1981, Owen was one of the "Gang of Four" who left the Labour Party to found the Social Democratic Party. He was the only member of the Gang of Four who did not join the Liberal Democrats…
Shirley Williams, 1984
Roy Jenkins 1977b
Official portrait of Lord Rodgers of Quarry Bank crop 2