Shirley Williams

Overview

Known for
Acting
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Birthday
Jul 27, 1930 (94 years old)
Death date
Apr 12, 2021

Shirley Williams

Known For

Heath vs Wilson: The 10-Year Duel
1h 30m
Movie 2011

Heath vs Wilson: The 10-Year Duel

Harold Wilson and Edward Heath are two very different men equally overlooked by history, but they were the political titans of the era in which Britain changed for ever. For ten years they faced each other in the House of Commons, and swapped in and out of Number Ten. They fought four general elections, three of which were amongst the most exciting of the century.

The Wilderness Years
0h 59m
TV Show 1995

The Wilderness Years

Documentary showing the many travails of the UK Labour Party during its long period in opposition from 1979 and through the 1980s and 1990s.

Biography

Shirley Vivian Teresa Brittain Williams, Baroness Williams of Crosby, CH, PC was a British politician and academic who represented the Liberal Democrats. Originally a Labour Member of Parliament and Cabinet Minister, she was one of the 'Gang of Four' rebels who founded the Social Democratic Party in 1981. Her career in politics spanned more than 50 years, after she first entered Parliament as the Labour MP for Hitchin in 1964. She retired from political life in 2016, after leading the Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords.

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