James Boyden

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Harold James Boyden (19 October 1910–26 September 1993) was a British Labour Party politician.

Boyden was educated at Tiffin Boys' School, Kingston upon Thames, and King's College London. He became a barrister, called to the bar by Lincoln's Inn in 1947 and became Director of extra-mural studies at Durham University from 1947 to 1959, serving as chair of the National Institute for Adult Education from 1957 to 1960. Boyden was a councillor on Durham County Council from 1952 to 1960 and a member of the executive of the Fabian Society.

Boyden was Member of Parliament for Bishop Auckland from 1959 to 1979, preceding Derek Foster. Boyden was a junior minister for Education and Science from 1964 to 1965, Parliamentary Secretary for Public Building and Works from 1965 to 1967, and junior minister for Defence from 1967 to 1969.

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• Times Guide to the House of Commons October 1974
• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Hugh Dalton	Member of Parliament for Bishop Auckland 1959–1979	Succeeded by Derek Foster