Sydney Irving

Sydney Irving, Baron Irving of Dartford PC (1 July 1918 – 18 December 1989) was a British Labour Co-operative politician.

Baron Irving of Dartford PC
Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons Chairman of Ways and Means
In office 1 November 1968 – 18 June 1970
Speaker	Horace King
Preceded by	Eric Fletcher
Succeeded by	Robert Grant-Ferris
Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means
In office 22 April 1966 – 1 November 1968
Speaker	Horace King
Preceded by	Roderic Bowen
Succeeded by	Harry Gourlay
Government Deputy Chief Whip in the House of Commons Treasurer of the Household
In office 21 October 1964 – 11 April 1966
Prime Minister	Harold Wilson
Preceded by	Michael Hughes-Young
Succeeded by	John Silkin
Member of Parliament for Dartford
In office 28 February 1974 – 3 May 1979
Preceded by	Peter Trew
Succeeded by	Bob Dunn
In office 26 May 1955 – 18 June 1970
Preceded by	Bob Dunn
Succeeded by	Peter Trew
Personal details
Born	Sydney Irving (1918-07-01)1 July 1918
Died	18 December 1989(1989-12-18) (aged 71)
Party	Labour
Other political affiliations	Co-operative
Education	Pendower School
Alma mater	London School of Economics
Occupation	Teacher

Early life and career

Irving was educated at Pendower School, Newcastle-upon-Tyne and the London School of Economics.

He was a school teacher and lecturer and served as an alderman on Dartford Borough Council.

Political career

Irving was twice Member of Parliament for Dartford, originally elected in 1955. In Harold Wilson's Labour Government 1964-1970, he was the government's Deputy Chief Whip and Treasurer of the Household from 1964 to 1966, and served as a Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons from 1966 to 1970, when he lost his seat to the Conservatives. He was re-elected in 1974, but lost the seat again in 1979, to the Conservative Bob Dunn.

Subsequently, on 10 July 1979, Irving was created a life peer as Baron Irving of Dartford, of Dartford in the County of Kent.

References

• Times Guide to the House of Commons 1979
• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Sydney Irving