Albert Booth

Albert Edward Booth (28 May 1928 – 6 February 2010)^[1] was a British Labour Party politician.

Booth was educated at Marine School, South Shields and Rutherford College of Technology (Northumbria University). He was a design draughtsman. He served as a councillor on Tynemouth Council 1962-65.

Booth contested Tynemouth in 1964. He was Member of Parliament for Barrow-in-Furness from 1966 to 1983. After boundary changes, his seat was renamed Barrow and Furness, but he lost it to the Conservative Cecil Franks. Booth was Secretary of State for Employment from 1976 to 1979 serving under James Callaghan

References

^ "Former Barrow MP Albert Booth dies at 81 - tributes". North-West Evening Mail. Retrieved 9 February 2010. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Walter Monslow	Member of Parliament for Barrow-in-Furness 1966–1983	Succeeded by Cecil Franks
Political offices
Preceded by Michael Foot	Secretary of State for Employment 1976–1979	Succeeded by James Prior
Preceded by Eric Varley	Treasurer of the Labour Party 1983–1984	Succeeded by Sam McCluskie

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