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{{Short description|British Labour Party politician}}
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| office1 = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] <br /> for [[Coventry South East (UK Parliament constituency)|Coventry South East]]
| office2 = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] <br> for [[Coventry South (UK Parliament constituency)|Coventry South]]
| office2 = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] <br /> for [[Coventry South (UK Parliament constituency)|Coventry South]]
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'''William Wilson''' [[Deputy Lieutenant|DL]] (28 June 1913 – 18 August 2010), sometimes known as '''Bill Wilson''', was a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] politician.<ref name="WWilson">{{cite web|url=http://dscalm.warwick.ac.uk/DServe/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqDb=Catalog&dsqCmd=show.tcl&dsqKey=RefNo&dsqSearch=%28RefNO=%27WIL%27%29AND%28Level=%27Collection%27%29|title=Papers of William Wilson|publisher=University of Warwick - Modern Records Centre|accessdate=21 April 2010}}</ref> He was a [[Member of Parliament]] (MP) for constituencies in [[Coventry]] from [[1964 United Kingdom general election|1964]] to [[1983 United Kingdom general election|1983]].
'''William Wilson''' [[Deputy Lieutenant|DL]] (28 June 1913 – 18 August 2010), was a British [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] politician.<ref name="WWilson">{{cite web|url=http://dscalm.warwick.ac.uk/DServe/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqDb=Catalog&dsqCmd=show.tcl&dsqKey=RefNo&dsqSearch=%28RefNO=%27WIL%27%29AND%28Level=%27Collection%27%29|title=Papers of William Wilson|publisher=University of Warwick - Modern Records Centre|accessdate=21 April 2010|archive-date=16 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191216144356/https://mrc-catalogue.warwick.ac.uk/records/WIL|url-status=dead}}</ref> He was a [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) for constituencies in [[Coventry]] from [[1964 United Kingdom general election|1964]] to [[1983 United Kingdom general election|1983]]. He was the chairman of the [[British-Soviet Friendship Society]] from 1977 to 1983.<ref name="duk">{{cite web |last1=HOLLINGSWORTH |first1=MARK |title=WHEN RUSSIAN INTELLIGENCE SOUGHT TO RECRUIT BRITISH MPS |url=https://declassifieduk.org/when-russian-intelligence-sought-to-recruit-british-mps/ |publisher=Declassified UK |access-date=1 September 2023 |date=1 June 2023}}</ref>


Wilson was educated at [[Coventry]] Technical College and [[Birmingham University]]. He served in the [[British Army]] during [[World War II]] in [[North Africa]], [[Italy]] and [[Greece]], rising to the rank of [[sergeant]].<ref name="WWilson" /> After the war he qualified as a [[solicitor]] and made several unsuccessful attempts to win the [[Warwick and Leamington (UK Parliament constituency)|Warwick and Leamington]] constituency in 1951, 1955, 1957 and 1959, before being successful in 1964 in [[Coventry South (UK Parliament constituency)|Coventry South]], which he represented (later as [[Coventry South East (UK Parliament constituency)|Coventry South East]]) until retiring from Parliament in 1983. He also was a [[Warwickshire County Council]]lor from 1958, being leader of the Labour Group in the 1960s and from 1972 to 1993.<ref name="WWilson" />
Wilson was educated at [[Coventry]] Technical College and [[Birmingham University]]. He served in the [[British Army]] during [[World War II]] in [[North Africa]], [[Italy]] and [[Greece]], rising to the rank of [[sergeant]].<ref name="WWilson" /> After the war he qualified as a [[solicitor]] and made several unsuccessful attempts to win the [[Warwick and Leamington (UK Parliament constituency)|Warwick and Leamington]] constituency in 1951, 1955, 1957 and 1959, before being successful in 1964 in [[Coventry South (UK Parliament constituency)|Coventry South]], which he represented (later as [[Coventry South East (UK Parliament constituency)|Coventry South East]]) until retiring from Parliament in 1983. He also was a [[Warwickshire County Council]]lor from 1958, being leader of the Labour Group in the 1960s and from 1972 to 1993.<ref name="WWilson" />
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==References==
==References==
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==Sources==
* "[http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/opinion/obituaries/article2733550.ece William Wilson]" (obituary), ''The Times'' online, 20 September 2010.
* "[http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/opinion/obituaries/article2733550.ece William Wilson]" (obituary), ''The Times'' online, 20 September 2010.
* [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/politics-obituaries/8030897/William-Wilson.html Obituary in Telegraph, 28 September 2010]
* [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/politics-obituaries/8030897/William-Wilson.html Obituary in Telegraph, 28 September 2010]
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== External links ==
== External links ==
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| title = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] for [[Coventry South (UK Parliament constituency)|Coventry South]]
| years = [[1964 United Kingdom general election|1964]] – [[February 1974 United Kingdom general election|February 1974]]
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| title = [[Member of Parliament]] for [[Coventry South East (UK Parliament constituency)|Coventry South East]]
| title = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] for [[Coventry South East (UK Parliament constituency)|Coventry South East]]
| years = [[February 1974 United Kingdom general election|February 1974]] – [[1983 United Kingdom general election|1983]]
| years = [[February 1974 United Kingdom general election|February 1974]] – [[1983 United Kingdom general election|1983]]
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Revision as of 05:10, 8 September 2023

William Wilson
DL
Member of Parliament
for Coventry South East
In office
28 February 1974 – 13 May 1983
Preceded byNew constituency
Succeeded byDave Nellist
Member of Parliament
for Coventry South
In office
15 October 1964 – 8 February 1974
Preceded byPhilip Hocking
Succeeded byconstituency abolished
Personal details
Born28 June 1913
Died18 August 2010 (aged 97)
CitizenshipBritish
Political partyLabour
Alma materUniversity of Birmingham

William Wilson DL (28 June 1913 – 18 August 2010), was a British Labour Party politician.[1] He was a Member of Parliament (MP) for constituencies in Coventry from 1964 to 1983. He was the chairman of the British-Soviet Friendship Society from 1977 to 1983.[2]

Wilson was educated at Coventry Technical College and Birmingham University. He served in the British Army during World War II in North Africa, Italy and Greece, rising to the rank of sergeant.[1] After the war he qualified as a solicitor and made several unsuccessful attempts to win the Warwick and Leamington constituency in 1951, 1955, 1957 and 1959, before being successful in 1964 in Coventry South, which he represented (later as Coventry South East) until retiring from Parliament in 1983. He also was a Warwickshire County Councillor from 1958, being leader of the Labour Group in the 1960s and from 1972 to 1993.[1]

Wilson was responsible for piloting the Divorce Reform Act 1969 through Parliament which changed the basis for divorce procedures from the old concept of matrimonial offences to that of the irretrievable breakdown of marriage.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Papers of William Wilson". University of Warwick - Modern Records Centre. Archived from the original on 16 December 2019. Retrieved 21 April 2010.
  2. ^ HOLLINGSWORTH, MARK (1 June 2023). "WHEN RUSSIAN INTELLIGENCE SOUGHT TO RECRUIT BRITISH MPS". Declassified UK. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  3. ^ Cretney, Stephen Michael (1998). Law, law reform, and the family. Oxford University Press. pp. 66–70. ISBN 978-0-19-826871-0.

Sources

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Coventry South
1964 – February 1974 		Constituency abolished
New constituency Member of Parliament for Coventry South East
February 1974 – 1983 		Succeeded by


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