Sam McCluskie

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Sam McCluskie (11 August 1932–15 September 1995) was a British Labour Party politician and trade unionist. He came from Leith in Edinburgh. He followed Albert Booth as Treasurer of the Labour Party from 1984 to 1992. He was general secretary of the National Union of Seamen from 1986 up to the merger which formed the RMT in 1990. He held a post in that union but retired in 1991.^[1]

In 1988, McCluskie recorded a fundraising single with John Prescott.^[1]

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 Terry Pattinson, "Obituary: Sam McCluskie", The Independent, 18 September 1995

Party political offices
Preceded by Judith Hart	Chair of the Labour Party 1982–1983	Succeeded by Eric Heffer
Preceded by Albert Booth	Treasurer of the Labour Party 1984–1992	Succeeded by Tom Burlison
Political offices
Preceded by Jim Slater	General Secretary of the National Union of Seamen 1986–1990	Succeeded by Position abolished

Labour Party

Leadership

Leaders	Hardie Henderson Barnes MacDonald Henderson Adamson Clynes MacDonald Henderson Lansbury Attlee Gaitskell Brown (acting) Wilson Callaghan Foot Kinnock Smith Beckett (acting) Blair Brown Harman (acting) Miliband

Deputy Leaders	Clynes Graham Attlee Greenwood Morrison Griffiths Bevan Brown Jenkins Short Foot Healey Hattersley Beckett Prescott Harman

General Secretaries	MacDonald Henderson Middleton Phillips Williams Nicholas Hayward Mortimer Whitty Sawyer McDonagh Triesman Carter Watt Collins McNicol

Treasurers	Henderson MacDonald Henderson Lathan Greenwood Gaitskell Bevan Nicholas Davies Callaghan Atkinson Varley Booth McCluskie Burlison Prosser Elsby Dromey Holland

Leaders (Lords)	Haldane Cripps Ponsonby Snell Addison Jowitt Alexander Pakenham Shackleton Shepherd Peart Hughes Richard Jay Williams Amos Ashton Royall

PLP Chairs	Hardie Henderson Barnes MacDonald Henderson Hodge* Wardle* Adamson Clynes MacDonald Henderson Lansbury Attlee Lees-Smith* Pethick-Lawrence* Greenwood* Gaitskell Wilson Houghton Mikardo Hughes Willey Dormand Orme Hoyle Soley Corston Clwyd Lloyd Watts

Internal elections

Leadership elections	1922 (MacDonald) 1935 (Attlee) 1955 (Gaitskell) 1960 1961 1963 (Wilson) 1976 (Callaghan) 1980 (Foot) 1983 (Kinnock) 1988 1992 (Smith) 1994 (Blair) 2007 (Brown) 2010 (Miliband)

Deputy Leadership elections	1972 (Short) 1976 (Foot) 1980 (Healey) 1981 1983 (Hattersley) 1988 1992 (Beckett) 1994 (Prescott) 2007 (Harman)

Shadow Cabinet elections	1979 (Callaghan) 1980 (Foot) 1981 (Foot) ... 1992 (Smith) 1993 (Smith) 1994 (Blair) 1995 (Blair) 1996 (Blair) 2010 (Miliband)

Organisation

Constitution and structure	Constitution Rule book Constituency Labour Party Affiliated trade unions Socialist societies Parliamentary Labour Party National Executive Committee Labour Party Conference National Policy Forum Clause IV General Secretary Treasurer European Parliamentary Labour Party Labour Chief Whip

Related organisations	Affiliated trade union Christians on the Left Compass Co-operative Party Fabian Society Grassroots Alliance Labour Campaign for Electoral Reform Labour CND Labour Friends of Israel Labour Party Irish Society Labour Representation Committee (2004) Labour Students LGBT Labour LabourList National Union of Labour and Socialist Clubs Progress Scottish Labour Party Socialist Appeal Socialist Educational Association SERA Socialist Campaign Group Socialist Youth Network Trade Union and Labour Party Liaison Organisation Tribune Welsh Labour Young Labour

History and related topics	History of the Labour Party (UK) History of the socialist movement in the United Kingdom Lib–Lab pact New Labour Tony's Cronies

* = wartime, in opposition

Persondata
Name	McCluskie, Sam
Alternative names
Short description	British politician
Date of birth	1932
Place of birth
Date of death	1995
Place of death

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