Margaret Thatcher
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3 days ago · Thatcher was first elected as Finchley’s MP in 1959, holding the seat until her retirement from the House of Commons in 1992. It changed Finchley and Golders Green constituency in 1997. Sackman’s win is in stark contrast to the Labour Party’s showing in the 2019 elections, under then-party leader Jeremy Corbyn, when the party received just 24.2% of the vote in Finchley and Golders Green.
Jun 14, 2024 · Andrea Riseborough in The Long Walk to Finchley (BBC, 2008) Just before film stardom beckoned for Andrea Riseborough, she did some of her best work here, age 27.
1 day ago · On 12 October 1984 the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) attempted to assassinate members of the British government, including the prime minister, Margaret Thatcher, at the Grand Hotel in Brighton, England. Five people were killed, including the Conservative MP and Deputy Chief Whip Sir Anthony Berry; over thirty people were ...
Jul 1, 2024 · She was selected as a candidate for the London borough of Finchley. The following year, in the 1959 elections, she was selected to enter Parliament. Margaret Thatcher’s rise in the Conservative Party. Between 1959 and 1969, Margaret Thatcher grew within the Conservative Party.
1 day ago · Margaret Thatcher, British Conservative Party politician and prime minister (1979–90), Europe’s first woman prime minister. She accelerated the evolution of the British economy from statism to liberalism and became, by personality as much as achievement, the most renowned British leader since Winston Churchill.
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1 day ago · On becoming prime minister after her party won the 1979 general election, Thatcher introduced a series of economic policies intended to reverse high inflation and Britain's struggles in the wake of the Winter of Discontent and an oncoming recession.
3 days ago · Despite the uncertainty surrounding the circumstances of Margaret Thatcher’s passing, one thing is clear: Finchley will never be the same. The once impregnable fortress of the Conservative Party has been breached, opening the door to a new chapter in the history of this storied constituency.
