Edward Watson Short, Baron Glenamara, CH PC (born 17 December 1912) is a former Labour Member of Parliament (MP) for Newcastle upon Tyne Central, England. He was a minister during the Labour Governments of Harold Wilson. Now aged ninety-six, Short is currently the oldest member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Short was elected a councillor on Newcastle City Council where he led the Labour Group.

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  • Edward Watson Short, Baron Glenamara, CH PC (born 17 December 1912) is a former Labour Member of Parliament (MP) for Newcastle upon Tyne Central, England. He was a minister during the Labour Governments of Harold Wilson. Now aged ninety-six, Short is currently the oldest member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Short was elected a councillor on Newcastle City Council where he led the Labour Group. He was first elected to Parliament for Newcastle upon Tyne Central at the 1951 general election. He was appointed to the Privy Council in 1964, and is also a Companion of Honour. He became a notorious figure among fans of offshore radio because he was Postmaster-General (then the minister with responsibility for broadcasting) in 1967 when the Marine etc. Broadcasting and Offences Act, which clamped down on the "pirate" stations, was passed. He subsequently served as Education Secretary 1968–70, and became Labour's deputy leader in April 1972 when Roy Jenkins resigned over differences on European policy. Short was seen at the time as a "safe pair of hands. " His main rival for the job was the left-winger Michael Foot who was viewed by many on the centre and right of the party as a divisive figure. Short defeated Foot and Anthony Crosland in the same vote. Short's new seniority was reflected in his appointment as Lord President of the Council – though not Deputy Prime Minister – 1974–76, but he did not have the stature to mount a leadership bid himself on Wilson's retirement. He was not offered a Cabinet post on James Callaghan's election as Premier. His resignation letter said that the time had come for him to step aside for a younger man; this expressed in sarcasm, as he was replaced by Michael Foot, who is seven months younger than himself. Short was also nine months younger than Callaghan, who dropped him from the cabinet. He refused to resign as Labour's deputy leader until he was made a life peer as Baron Glenamara, of Glenridding in the County of Cumbria on 28 January 1977, when he left the Commons. One year before, he was appointed Chairman of Cable and Wireless Ltd, which was at the time a nationalised industry. He served in that post until 1980. As a life peer he is still a member of the House of Lords, although he stopped attending regularly a few years ago. His name lives on in the House of Commons with the term "Short Money". This refers to funds paid by the Government to help run the Parliamentary office of the Leader of the Opposition. The then Mr Short pioneered this idea during his time in the House. He was made a Freeman of the City of Newcastle in 2001 "in recognition of his eminent and outstanding public service" and served as Chancellor of the University of Northumbria at Newcastle", a post he retired from in 2005.
  • Edward Watson Short, Baron Glenamara, CH, PC ist ein britischer Politiker und Mitglied der Labour Party.
  • Edward Watson Short, Paroni Glenamara CH PC on brittiläinen poliitikko. Hän edustaa Labour-puoluetta. Short istui parlamentin jäsenenä Newcastle upon Tyne Centralista vuosina 1951–1976. Hän oli maansa kolmanneksi viimeinen Postmaster General vuosina 1966–1968. Sen jälkeen hän toimi mm. opetusministerinä 1968–1970 ja Labour Partyn varapuheenjohtajana 1972–1976. Short oli edustajainhuoneen johtaja ja Councilin Lord President vuosina 1974–1976. Hän oli Northumbrian yliopiston kansleri aina vetäytymiseensä vuonna 2005. Hänellä on ollut vuodesta 1977 elinikäinen päärinarvo.
  • Edward Watson Short, baron Glenamara, CH, brytyjski polityk, członek Partii Pracy, minister w rządach Harolda Wilsona. Do Izby Gmin dostał się w 1951 r. wygrywając wybory w okręgu Newcastle upon Tyne Central. Wcześniej zasiadał w radzie miejskiej Newcastle, gdzie przewodził radnym Partii Pracy. Po wygranej laburzystów w wyborach 1964 r. został parlamentarnym sekretarzem skarbu i członkiem Tajnej Rady. W 1966 r. objął stanowisko poczmistrza generalnego. Odpowiadał na nim za wprowadzenie w 1967 r. Marine Broadcasting Offences Act, który penalizował nadawanie audycji radiowych ze statków na wodach międzynarodowych. W 1968 r. Short został członkiem gabinetu jako minister edukacji i nauki. Pozostawał na tym stanowisku do wyborczej porażki Partii Pracy w 1970 r. W kwietniu 1972 r. został wiceprzewodniczącym partii, pokonując w głosowaniu Michaela Foota i Anthonyego Croslanda. Po powrocie Partii Pracy do władzy został Lordem Przewodniczącym Rady i przewodniczącym Izby Gmin. Kiedy nowym premierem został James Callaghan Short nie otrzymał żadnego stanowiska rządowego. 28 stycznia 1977 r. otrzymał dożywotni tytuł parowski barona Glenamara i zasiadł w Izbie Lordów. Rok wcześniej został przewodniczącym Cable and Wireless Ltd i pozostał na tym stanowisku do 1980 r. W 2001 r. otrzymał honorowy tytuł Freemana miasta Newcastle. Do 2005 r. był był kanclerzem Uniwersytetu Northumbrii. Jest również kawalerem Orderu Kawalerów Honorowych.
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  • Edward Watson Short, Baron Glenamara, CH PC (born 17 December 1912) is a former Labour Member of Parliament (MP) for Newcastle upon Tyne Central, England. He was a minister during the Labour Governments of Harold Wilson. Now aged ninety-six, Short is currently the oldest member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Short was elected a councillor on Newcastle City Council where he led the Labour Group.
  • Edward Watson Short, Baron Glenamara, CH, PC ist ein britischer Politiker und Mitglied der Labour Party.
  • Edward Watson Short, Paroni Glenamara CH PC on brittiläinen poliitikko. Hän edustaa Labour-puoluetta. Short istui parlamentin jäsenenä Newcastle upon Tyne Centralista vuosina 1951–1976. Hän oli maansa kolmanneksi viimeinen Postmaster General vuosina 1966–1968. Sen jälkeen hän toimi mm. opetusministerinä 1968–1970 ja Labour Partyn varapuheenjohtajana 1972–1976. Short oli edustajainhuoneen johtaja ja Councilin Lord President vuosina 1974–1976.
  • Edward Watson Short, baron Glenamara, CH, brytyjski polityk, członek Partii Pracy, minister w rządach Harolda Wilsona. Do Izby Gmin dostał się w 1951 r. wygrywając wybory w okręgu Newcastle upon Tyne Central. Wcześniej zasiadał w radzie miejskiej Newcastle, gdzie przewodził radnym Partii Pracy. Po wygranej laburzystów w wyborach 1964 r. został parlamentarnym sekretarzem skarbu i członkiem Tajnej Rady. W 1966 r. objął stanowisko poczmistrza generalnego.
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