Shadow Cabinet positions


Shadow Foreign Secretary
In office 8 December 1980 – 13 July 1987
Leader	Michael Foot Neil Kinnock
Preceded by	Peter Shore
Succeeded by	Gerald Kaufman
In office 20 June 1970 – 19 April 1972
Leader	Harold Wilson
Preceded by	Alec Douglas-Home
Succeeded by	Jim Callaghan
In office 11 October 1959 – 2 November 1961
Leader	Hugh Gaitskell
Preceded by	Aneurin Bevan
Succeeded by	Harold Wilson
Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer
In office 4 May 1979 – 8 December 1980
Leader	Jim Callaghan
Preceded by	Geoffrey Howe
Succeeded by	Peter Shore
In office 19 April 1972 – 4 March 1974
Leader	Harold Wilson
Preceded by	Roy Jenkins
Succeeded by	Robert Carr
Shadow Secretary of State for Defence
In office 1 April 1964 – 16 October 1964
Leader	Harold Wilson
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Peter Thorneycroft

Personal details

Born

Denis Winston Healey
30 August 1917
Mottingham, Kent, England

Died

3 October 2015 (aged 98)
Alfriston, East Sussex, England

Political party

Labour

Spouse(s)

Edna Edmunds (1945–2010)

Alma mater

Balliol College, Oxford

Military service

Allegiance

United Kingdom

Service/branch

British Army

Years of service

1940–1945

Rank

Major

Unit

Royal Engineers

Battles/wars

World War II
• North African Campaign
• Italian Campaign
• Battle of Anzio

Denis Winston Healey, Baron Healey,CH, MBE, PC, FRSL (30 August 1917 – 3 October 2015) was a British Labour Party politician who served as Secretary of State for Defence from 1964 to 1970, Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1974 to 1979 and Deputy Leader of the Labour Party from 1980 to 1983.

He was a Member of Parliament for 40 years (from 1952 until his retirement in 1992) and was the last surviving member of the cabinet formed by Harold Wilson after the Labour Party's victory in the 1964 general election. A major figure in the party, he was twice defeated in bids for the party leadership.

To the public at large, Healey became well known for his bushy eyebrows and his creative turns of phrase.

Denis Winston Healey was born in Mottingham, Kent, but moved with his family to Keighley in the West Riding of Yorkshire at the age of five. His parents were Winifred Mary (née Powell; 1889–1988) and William Healey (1886–1977). His middle name honored Winston Churchill.

Healey had one brother, Terence Blair Healey (1920–1998), known as Terry. His father was an engineer who worked his way up from humble origins, studying at and eventually becoming head of a trade school. His paternal grandfather was a tailor from Enniskillen in Northern Ireland.

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