John Smith (Labour Party leader) - Wikipedia
John Smith QC (13 September 1938 – 12 May 1994) was a Scottish politician who was Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the Labour Party from July 1992 until his death in May 1994. He was also Member of Parliament (MP) for Monklands East.
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He became a Labour Party Member of Parliament (MP) at the 1970 General Election for the constituency of North Lanarkshire (Monklands East from 1983). In 1978, he was given a cabinet post however lost this after Labour's defeat at the 1979 General Election.
John Smith: Biography on Undiscovered Scotland
In 1993 John Smith committed a future Labour Government to establishing a Scottish Parliament. By the beginning of May 1994, the Labour Party were 23% ahead of the Conservatives in opinion polls. On 12 May 1994, John Smith suffered a second heart attack and died.
BBC ON THIS DAY | 12 | 1994: Labour leader John Smith dies at 55
The Labour leader John Smith has died in St Bartholomew's hospital in London after two serious heart attacks. The 55-year-old leader of the opposition suffered his first attack at his central...
John Smith - Know About QC, MP of John Smith Centre
The Rt. Hon. John Smith QC MP (1938-1994) was born in Dalmally, Scotland. He was a lawyer and Labour Party politician who served as a Member of the United Kingdom Parliament for twenty-four years (1970-1994).
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May 13, 1994 · Having helped to shepherd the party out of this crisis, John Smith was widely expected to become the next Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. He died tragically in May 1994, age 55, deeply mourned by the British public and all who knew him.
BBC ON THIS DAY | 12 | 1994: The prime minister that never was
Most Labour MPs expected that Mr Smith would be the next British PM and his death from two serious heart attacks on 12 May 1994 came as a tremendous blow. He was regarded as a man of great...
John Smith 1938-1994: The man who would have led Britain
May 12, 1994 · JOHN SMITH, 1938-1994. Leader of the Opposition, 1992-1994. Educated Glasgow University. Advocate, Scottish Bar, 1967. Labour MP for Lanarkshire North, 1970-1983; for Monklands East,...
Parliamentary career for Mr John Smith - MPs and Lords - UK ...
The Rt Hon Mr John Smith died in service 12th May 1994, as the Labour MP for Monklands East. Find out about the Parliamentary career of Mr John Smith, including posts and roles held. UK …
John Smith – Remembering A Great Labour Leader - Compass
May 10, 2024 · John Smith, who sadly died thirty years ago, is paradoxically a past Labour leader who is both highly revered but also often overlooked. He held the leadership for just under two years (from July 1992 to May 1994) but in that period committed the Labour Party to radical modernisation of Britain’s governance and democracy.