Shirley Williams

Shirley Williams

Shirley Vivian Teresa Brittain Williams, Baroness Williams of Crosby, CH, PC was a British politician and academic who represented the Liberal Democrats. Originally a Labour Member of Parliament and Cabinet Minister, she was one of the 'Gang of Four' rebels who founded the Social Democratic Party in 1981. Her career in politics spanned more than 50 years, after she first entered Parliament as the Labour MP for Hitchin in 1964. She retired from political life in 2016, after leading the Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords.

  • Title: Shirley Williams
  • Popularity: 0.497
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1930-07-27
  • Place of Birth: Chelsea, London, England, UK
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  • Also Known As: Baroness Williams of Crosby
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Shirley Williams Movies

  • 2001
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    Cabinet Confidential
    Cabinet Confidential

    1 2001 HD

    A revealing one-off documentary that provides an inside view of how Tony Blair and former prime ministers - including Harold Wilson, Margaret...

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  • 1996
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    How to Be Prime Minister
    How to Be Prime Minister

    1 1996 HD

    It begins with cheers but almost always ends in tears. Yet, as the election looms, competition for the top job grows ever more intense. Why? The...

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  • 2008
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    A Marriage Made In Portsmouth
    A Marriage Made In Portsmouth

    1 2008 HD

    Twenty years ago the Liberal Party and the SDP united after a long and fraught courtship to form the Liberal Democrats. BBC Parliament tells the...

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  • 2011
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    Heath vs Wilson: The 10-Year Duel
    Heath vs Wilson: The 10-Year Duel

    1 2011 HD

    Harold Wilson and Edward Heath are two very different men equally overlooked by history, but they were the political titans of the era in which...

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  • 1995
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    The Wilderness Years
    The Wilderness Years

    1 1995 HD

    Documentary showing the many travails of the UK Labour Party during its long period in opposition from 1979 and through the 1980s and 1990s.

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  • 1979
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    Question Time
    Question Time

    5 1979 HD

    This topical debate series based on Any Questions? typically features politicians from at least the three major political parties as well as other...

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