Patrick Gordon Walker
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Patrick Chrestien Gordon Walker, Baron Gordon-Walker, was a British Labour Party politician. He was a Member of Parliament for nearly 30 years and twice a cabinet minister. He lost his Smethwick parli
Gordon Walker in 1963
1965 Leyton by-election
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The 1965 Leyton by-election was a parliamentary by-election held on 21 January 1965 for the UK House of Commons constituency of Leyton, representing the town of Leyton in east London.
Patrick Gordon Walker
…appointed to the Foreign Office by Harold Wilson. To resolve this unusual situation, he stood for the normally "safe" Labour constituency of Leyton in the Leyton by-election in January 1965; however, he lost, and was finally forced to resign as foreign secretary. After a sabbatical conducting research in Southeast Asia, he…
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