Preceded by Thomas Stamford | Name Charles Pannell | |
Born 10 September 1902 ( 1902-09-10 ) Died 23 February 1990(1990-02-23) (aged 87) | ||
Thomas Charles Pannell, Baron Pannell, PC (10 September 1902 – 23 March 1980) was a British Labour Party politician.
He entered local politics in the outer London suburbs: he was a member of Walthamstow Borough Council from 1929–36 and of Erith Borough Council from 1938–55, and served as Mayor of Erith in 1945-46. He also sat on Kent County Council, where he was deputy leader of the Labour group from 1946-49.
He was elected Member of Parliament for Leeds West at a 1949 by-election, and served until his retirement at the February 1974 general election.
Pannell served as Minister of Public Building and Works in the first Wilson government, 1964-66.
On 21 June 1974 he was created a life peer, taking the title Baron Pannell, of the City of Leeds.
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