Paul Rose (UK politician)

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Paul Rose (born 26 December 1935) was a British Labour Party politician and a leading campaigner against the politics of the National Front.

Rose was educated at Bury Grammar School and Manchester University. He was chairman of the Manchester Federation of Young Socialists. He became a barrister, called to the bar by Gray's Inn in 1958.

Rose was elected Member of Parliament for Manchester Blackley in 1964, then the youngest member of the House of Commons. He was Parliamentary Private Secretary to Barbara Castle at the Ministry of Transport and after 1970 was frontbench spokesman on Industrial Relations. He stepped down in 1979, and subsequently joined the Social Democratic Party in the 1980s.

Rose was Chairman of Campaign for Democracy in Ulster, Chairman of the North West Sports Council, and Chairman of the Parliamentary Labour Party Home Office Group. He served on the Council of Europe and was Vice Chairman of Labour Campaign for Europe. He was also Chairman of Family Action Information and Rescue. He became a coroner in the south of England.

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Eric Johnson		 Member of Parliament for Manchester Blackley
1964–1979		 Succeeded by
Kenneth Eastham
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