Reg Prentice
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The Right Honourable The Lord Prentice PC |
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| Minister of State for Social Security (Minister for the Disabled) |
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In office 7 May 1979 – 5 January 1981 |
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| Prime Minister | Margaret Thatcher |
| Preceded by | Alf Morris |
| Succeeded by | Hugh Rossi |
| Minister of State for Overseas Development | |
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In office 10 June 1975 – 21 December 1976 |
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| Prime Minister |
Harold Wilson James Callaghan |
| Preceded by | Judith Hart |
| Succeeded by | Frank Judd |
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In office 29 August 1967 – 6 October 1969 |
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| Prime Minister | Harold Wilson |
| Preceded by | Arthur Bottomley |
| Succeeded by | Judith Hart |
| Secretary of State for Education and Science | |
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In office 5 March 1974 – 10 June 1975 |
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| Prime Minister | Harold Wilson |
| Preceded by | Margaret Thatcher |
| Succeeded by | Fred Mulley |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Employment | |
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In office 19 April 1972 – 5 March 1974 |
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| Leader | Harold Wilson |
| Preceded by | James Callaghan |
| Succeeded by | William Whitelaw |
| Minister of State for Public Buildings and Works | |
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In office 6 April 1966 – 29 August 1967 |
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| Prime Minister | Harold Wilson |
| Preceded by | Charles Pannell |
| Succeeded by | Bob Mellish |
| Minister of State for Education and Science | |
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In office 20 October 1964 – 6 April 1966 |
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| Prime Minister | Harold Wilson |
| Preceded by | Peter Legh |
| Succeeded by | Goronwy Roberts |
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Member of Parliament for Daventry |
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In office 3 May 1979 – 11 June 1987 |
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| Preceded by | Arthur Jones |
| Succeeded by | Tim Boswell |
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Member of Parliament for Newham North East East Ham North (1957–1974) |
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In office 30 May 1957 – 3 May 1979 |
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| Preceded by | Percy Daines |
| Succeeded by | Ron Leighton |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Reginald Ernest Prentice 16 July 1923 Croydon |
| Died | 18 January 2001 (aged 77) Mildenhall, Wiltshire |
| Political party | Conservative (1977–2001) |
| Other political affiliations |
Labour (Before 1977) |
| Alma mater | London School of Economics |
Reginald Ernest Prentice, Baron Prentice, PC (16 July 1923 – 18 January 2001) was a British politician who held ministerial office in both Labour and Conservative Party governments. He was the most senior Labour figure ever to defect to the Conservative party.
Reg Prentice was born in Croydon, London, and educated at Whitgift School in South Croydon, then at the London School of Economics. He served in Austria and Italy during World War II.
He joined the staff of the Transport and General Workers Union (TGWU) in 1950.
Prentice was a councillor for Whitehorse Manor in the then-County Borough of Croydon from 1949, having stood unsuccessfully in Thornton Heath ward in 1947. He served on the Housing, Libraries, Planning & Development, Water and Reconstruction Committees.
He first stood, unsuccessfully, for parliament in Croydon North in 1950 and 1951, then Streatham in 1955. As Labour Member of Parliament from 1957 for East Ham North, later Newham North East, he was a minister of state in Harold Wilson's first government at Education and Science (1964–1966), then as Minister of Public Buildings and Works (1966–1967), and finally was put in charge of the still-new Ministry of Overseas Development (1967–1969).
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