Hannan, a committed pro-European, was one of 69 Labour MPs to break a three-line whip and vote for Britain's entry into the European Economic Community in October 1971.[2] He was, however, opposed to Scottish devolution, and was involved with the 'Scotland is British' campaign prior to the 1979 referendum on Home Rule. Always on the right wing of the Labour Party, in 1981 he became a founder member of the breakaway Social Democratic Party (SDP), and in February of that year was one of 100 signatories to an advertisement in The Guardian supporting the Limehouse Declaration.[3]
Footnotes
^"HANNAN, William". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. Vol. 2018 (online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)(subscription required)
^Hansard Parliamentary Papers, HC Deb 28 October 1971 vol. 823 cc.2076-2217 [1]
william, hannan, other, people, named, disambiguation, august, 1906, march, 1987, scottish, labour, party, politician, educated, north, kelvinside, secondary, school, glasgow, hannan, originally, worked, insurance, agent, from, 1941, 1945, member, glasgow, cor. For other people named William Hannan see William Hannan disambiguation William Hannan 30 August 1906 6 March 1987 was a Scottish Labour Party politician Educated at North Kelvinside Secondary School Glasgow Hannan originally worked as an insurance agent and from 1941 to 1945 was a member of Glasgow Corporation He was elected as the Member of Parliament MP for Glasgow Maryhill at the 1945 general election and held the seat until his retirement at the February 1974 general election He was a Lord of the Treasury from 1946 to 1951 and parliamentary private secretary PPS to George Brown at both the Department of Economic Affairs and the Foreign Office from 1964 to 1968 1 Hannan a committed pro European was one of 69 Labour MPs to break a three line whip and vote for Britain s entry into the European Economic Community in October 1971 2 He was however opposed to Scottish devolution and was involved with the Scotland is British campaign prior to the 1979 referendum on Home Rule Always on the right wing of the Labour Party in 1981 he became a founder member of the breakaway Social Democratic Party SDP and in February of that year was one of 100 signatories to an advertisement in The Guardian supporting the Limehouse Declaration 3 Footnotes Edit HANNAN William Who s Who ukwhoswho com Vol 2018 online ed A amp C Black an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc Subscription or UK public library membership required subscription required Hansard Parliamentary Papers HC Deb 28 October 1971 vol 823 cc 2076 2217 1 Guardian 5 February 1981References EditLeigh Rayment s Peerage Pages self published source better source needed External links EditHansard 1803 2005 contributions in Parliament by William HannanParliament of the United KingdomPreceded byJohn James Davidson Member of Parliament for Glasgow Maryhill1945 Feb 1974 Succeeded byJames Craigen This article about a Labour Member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom representing a Scottish constituency is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title William Hannan amp oldid 1080693710, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
