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London School of Economics. Reginald Ernest Prentice, Baron Prentice, PC (16 July 1923 – 18 January 2001) [1] was a British politician who held ministerial office in both Labour and Conservative Party governments. He was the most senior Labour figure ever to defect to the Conservative Party.
31 de jul. de 2013 · Abstract. Reg Prentice remains the most high-profile politician to cross the floor of the House of Commons in the post-war period. His defection was reflective of an important ‘sea change’ in British politics; the end of the post-war consensus and the start of the Thatcher era.
- Geoff Horn
This book seeks to examine the key events surrounding Prentice’s transition from a front-line Labour politician to a Conservative minister in the first Thatcher government. Recommended reading for anyone interested in modern British political history, writes James Farror. Crossing the Floor: Reg Prentice and the Crisis of British Social ...
- Peter Sloman
Reg Prentice remains the most high-profile political defector between the two main British political parties in the post-war period. By crossing the floor of the House of Commons in October 1977 he became the highest ranking Labour figure to join the Conservative Party.
Reg Prentice remains the most high-profile politician to cross the floor of the House of Commons in the post-war period. His defection reflected an important 'sea change' in British politics; the end of the post-war consensus and the beginnings of the Thatcher era.
- Geoff Horn
- 2013
978-1-5261-1083-1. Language & Literature. Reg Prentice remains the most high-profile politician to cross the floor of the House of Commons in the post-war period. His defection reflected an important &#...
23 de abr. de 2014 · Reg Prentice was Labour’s Secretary of State for Education in 1974-75 but following deselection by his constituency party, he left for the Conservative Party in 1977. From 1979-81, he was a Minister of State of in Margaret Thatcher’s first Conservative Government.
