Charles Pannell
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The Right Honourable The Lord Pannell PC |
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| Minister of Public Buildings and Works | |
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In office 16 October 1964 – 6 April 1966 |
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| Prime Minister | Harold Wilson |
| Preceded by | Geoffrey Rippon |
| Succeeded by | Reg Prentice |
| Member of Parliament for Leeds West |
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In office 21 July 1949 – 28 February 1974 |
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| Preceded by | Thomas Stamford |
| Succeeded by | Joseph Dean |
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| Born | 10 September 1902 |
| Died | 23 February 1990 (aged 87) |
| Political party | Labour |
Thomas Charles Pannell, Baron Pannell, PC (10 September 1902 – 23 March 1980) was a British Labour Party politician.
He entered local politics in the outer London suburbs: he was a member of Walthamstow Borough Council from 1929–36 and of Erith Borough Council from 1938–55, and served as Mayor of Erith in 1945-46. He also sat on Kent County Council, where he was deputy leader of the Labour group from 1946-49.
He was elected Member of Parliament for Leeds West at a 1949 by-election, and served until his retirement at the February 1974 general election.
Pannell served as Minister of Public Building and Works in the first Wilson government, 1964-66.
On 21 June 1974 he was created a life peer, taking the title Baron Pannell, of the City of Leeds.
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