Kenneth Marks
Kenneth Marks | |
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Member of Parliament for Manchester Gorton | |
In office 1967–1983 | |
Preceded by | Konni Zilliacus |
Succeeded by | Gerald Kaufman |
Majority | 557 (1.3%) |
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister | |
In office April 1975 – December 1975 | |
Prime Minister | Harold Wilson |
Preceded by | William Hamling |
Succeeded by | John Tomlinson |
Personal details | |
Born | Kenneth Marks 15 June 1920 |
Died | 13 January 1988 | (aged 67)
Political party | Labour |
Education | Central High School, Manchester Manchester Academy (secondary school) |
Occupation | Head Teacher |
Kenneth Marks (15 June 1920 – 13 January 1988) was a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom.
Marks was Member of Parliament (MP) for Manchester Gorton from a 1967 by-election to 1983. From 1975 to 1979, he was a junior Environment minister.
He was educated at the Central High School, Manchester and Manchester Academy (secondary school). In 1955 he unsuccessfully contested Manchester Moss Side at the general election.[1]
Before his by-election success, Marks served as a Labour councillor on the Denton Urban District Council, representing Denton West. Prior to entering parliament Marks was also a secondary school head teacher.[2] He was also a member of the National Union of Teachers and served on its advisory committee for secondary schools.[1] In parliament he was chairman of the Labour Party's social security group and vice chairman of its education group, as well as serving on the Select committee on Education and Science.[1] From 1970 to 1971 he served as a whip.[1]
Although reselected to fight Manchester Gorton at the 1983 general election, boundary changes substantially altered the constituency boundaries, with the largest part of the constituency, Denton and Audenshaw in Tameside Metropolitan Borough, merging with Reddish in Stockport Metropolitan Borough to form a new Denton and Reddish constituency. Gorton was included with much of the former Manchester Ardwick constituency, which was renamed Manchester Gorton.
As there were potentially three Labour MPs contesting two new seats, Marks, who was the senior of the three, stood down, allowing Stockport North's Andrew Bennett to inherit Denton and Reddish and Gerald Kaufman to move across from Ardwick to the new Gorton seat.
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