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Neil Gordon Kinnock, Baron Kinnock, PC (born 28 March 1942) is a Welsh politician who was Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the Labour Party from 1983 to 1992. [1] He was a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1970 to 1995, first for Bedwellty and then for Islwyn.
Jul 20, 1998 · Neil Kinnock, British politician who was leader of the Labour Party from 1983 to 1992. He notably persuaded his party to abandon its radical policies on disarmament and large-scale nationalization. He later served as vice president of the European Commission (1999–2004).
Dec 3, 2023 · Glenys Kinnock: Former minister and wife of Neil Kinnock dies aged 79. Glenys Kinnock, pictured here with her husband, Neil in 1987, was described by her family as "a proud democratic socialist...
Mar 28, 2022 · Neil Kinnock led the Labour Party between 1983 and 1992. He was defeated in the General Election of 1987, and despite the polls suggesting he would become Prime Minister - he lost...
Feb 19, 2024 · Former Labour leader Neil Kinnock has cautiously predicted a victory for Sir Keir Starmer at the next general election - but refused to speculate on whether he will win a majority.
Mar 28, 2022 · Former Labour leader Neil Kinnock has spoken of the importance of supporting his wife, who has Alzheimer's.
Dec 3, 2023 · Former prime minister Sir Tony Blair said Baroness Kinnock was a “leader in her own right”, away from her role supporting her husband Neil, who was Opposition leader between 1983 and 1992.
Sep 25, 2014 · In the 31 years since he was elected Labour leader himself, nothing has been simple for Neil Kinnock. If you listened to Tony Benn or Arthur Scargill, he was the great betrayer. Others believe that he has saved Labour twice. He saved it when he was leader from becoming an irrelevance after the Benn ascendancy.
Kinnock was elected to the party's National Executive in 1978 and then the shadow Cabinet in 1980. After Labour's worst election defeat for fifty years the party skipped a generation and elected him as leader in 1983 in succession to his close friend Michael Foot.
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The British Labor Party politician Neil Kinnock (born 1942) served as a member of Parliament beginning in 1970. He also served as a member of the Labor Party's national executive committee beginning in 1977 and was elected party leader in 1983.
