Stanley Orme, Baron Orme
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The Right Honourable The Lord Orme PC |
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| Chair of the Parliamentary Labour Party | |
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In office 13 July 1987 – 18 July 1992 |
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| Preceded by | Jack Dormand |
| Succeeded by | Doug Hoyle |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Energy | |
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In office 2 October 1983 – 13 July 1987 |
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| Leader | Neil Kinnock |
| Preceded by | John Smith |
| Succeeded by | John Prescott |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Industry | |
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In office 4 November 1980 – 2 October 1983 |
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| Leader | Michael Foot |
| Preceded by | John Silkin |
| Succeeded by | Peter Shore |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Services | |
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In office 14 June 1979 – 4 November 1980 |
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| Leader | James Callaghan |
| Preceded by | David Ennals |
| Succeeded by | Gwyneth Dunwoody |
| Minister of State for Social Security | |
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In office 8 April 1976 – 4 May 1979 |
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| Prime Minister | James Callaghan |
| Preceded by | Brian O'Malley |
| Succeeded by | Reg Prentice |
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Member of Parliament for Salford East |
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In office 9 June 1983 – 1 May 1997 |
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| Preceded by | Frank Allaun |
| Succeeded by | Constituency Abolished |
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Member of Parliament for Salford West |
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In office 15 October 1964 – 9 June 1983 |
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| Preceded by | Charles Royle |
| Succeeded by | Constituency Abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
5 April 1923 Sale, United Kingdom |
| Died | 27 April 2005 (aged 82) |
| Political party | Labour |
Stanley Orme, Baron Orme, PC (5 April 1923 – 27 April 2005) was a British left-wingLabour Party politician. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1964 to 1997, and served as a cabinet minister in the 1970s.
Stan Orme was born in Sale, Cheshire. He was educated at a technical school, which he left in 1938 to become an instrument maker's apprentice. He joined the RAF in 1942, becoming a bomber-navigator, serving in Canada and Egypt. He was demobilised in 1947 as a warrant officer.
Orme joined the Labour Party in 1944 and he became a Sale Borough Councillor in 1958. A committed Bevanite, he embraced many left-wing causes, including the Movement for Colonial Freedom and the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament.
He first stood for Parliament in at the 1959 general election, when he lost to the Conservative candidate. He was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Salford West at the 1964 general election.
When Labour returned to office at the February 1974 general election, Orme was installed at Stormont as Minister of State for Northern Ireland. He made an impression in this role, before moving to the Department of Health and Social Security in March 1976. The Prime Minister James Callaghan promoted him to the Cabinet in September 1976 to sit alongside his departmental boss David Ennals. He remained in this role until 1979.
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