biography
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Heffer, Eric (Samuel)
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| lived:
| (1922–91)
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| biography:
| British politician. He worked as a carpenter-joiner until he entered the House of Commons, representing Walton, Liverpool, in 1964. He had joined the Labour Party as a youth, and became Liverpool president (1959–60) and a Liverpool city councillor (1960–6). A traditional Socialist, favouring public ownership, and strongly unilateralist, he distrusted centrist tendencies and had a brief, uncomfortable period as a junior minister (1974–5). He unsuccessfully challenged Roy Hattersley for the deputy leadership in 1988. |
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