Peter Shore
The Lord Shore of Stepney | |
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Shore in 1973 | |
| Shadow Leader of the House of Commons | |
| In office 31 October 1983 – 13 July 1987 | |
| Leader | Neil Kinnock |
| Preceded by | John Silkin |
| Succeeded by | Frank Dobson |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Trade and Industry | |
| In office 31 October 1983 – 26 October 1984 | |
| Leader | Neil Kinnock |
| Preceded by | Peter Archer (Trade) Stanley Orme (Industry) |
| Succeeded by | John Smith |
| Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer | |
| In office 8 December 1980 – 31 October 1983 | |
| Leader | Michael Foot |
| Preceded by | Denis Healey |
| Succeeded by | Roy Hattersley |
| Shadow Foreign Secretary | |
| In office 14 July 1979 – 8 December 1980 | |
| Leader | James Callaghan |
| Preceded by | Francis Pym |
| Succeeded by | Denis Healey |
| Shadow Secretary of State for the Environment | |
| In office 4 May 1979 – 14 July 1979 | |
| Leader | James Callaghan |
| Preceded by | Michael Heseltine |
| Succeeded by | Roy Hattersley |
| Secretary of State for the Environment | |
| In office 8 April 1976 – 4 May 1979 | |
| Prime Minister | James Callaghan |
| Preceded by | Tony Crosland |
| Succeeded by | Michael Heseltine |
| Secretary of State for Trade | |
| In office 4 March 1974 – 8 April 1976 | |
| Prime Minister | Harold Wilson |
| Preceded by | Peter Walker (Trade and Industry) |
| Succeeded by | Edmund Dell |
| Shadow Minister for Europe | |
| In office 19 October 1971 – 19 April 1972 | |
| Leader | Harold Wilson |
| Preceded by | Harold Lever |
| Succeeded by | Michael Foot |
| Minister without Portfolio | |
| In office 6 October 1969 – 19 June 1970 | |
| Prime Minister | Harold Wilson |
| Preceded by | George Thomson |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Drumalbyn |
| Secretary of State for Economic Affairs | |
| In office 29 August 1967 – 6 October 1969 | |
| Prime Minister | Harold Wilson |
| Preceded by | Michael Stewart |
| Succeeded by | Anthony Crosland (Minister of State) |
| Member of Parliament for Bethnal Green and Stepney Stepney (1964–1974) Stepney and Poplar (1974–1983) | |
| In office 15 October 1964 – 8 April 1997 | |
| Preceded by | Stoker Edwards |
| Succeeded by | Oona King |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Peter David Shore 20 May 1924 Great Yarmouth, England |
| Died | 24 September 2001 (aged 77) London, England |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 4 |
| Alma mater | King's College, Cambridge |
Peter David Shore, Baron Shore of Stepney, PC (20 May 1924 – 24 September 2001) was a British Labour Party politician and Cabinet minister, noted in part for his opposition to the United Kingdom's entry into the European Economic Community. He served as a Member of Parliament (MP) for over 30 years, from 1964 to 1997.
His idiosyncratic left-wing nationalism led to comparison with the French politician Jean-Pierre Chevènement. He was described in an obituary by the Conservative journalist Patrick Cosgrave as "Between Harold Wilson and Tony Blair, the only possible Labour Party leader of whom a Conservative leader had cause to walk in fear" and, along with Enoch Powell, "the most captivating rhetorician of the age".