Bob Mellish

The Lord Mellish
Mellish in 1964
Government Chief Whip in the House of Commons
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury
In office
4 March 1974 – 8 April 1976
Prime MinisterHarold Wilson
DeputyWalter Harrison
Preceded byHumphrey Atkins
Succeeded byMichael Cocks
In office
30 April 1969 – 19 June 1970
Prime MinisterHarold Wilson
DeputyCharles Grey
Charles Morris
Preceded byJohn Silkin
Succeeded byFrancis Pym
Opposition Chief Whip in the House of Commons
In office
19 June 1970 – 4 March 1974
DeputyWalter Harrison
LeaderHarold Wilson
Preceded byWilliam Whitelaw
Succeeded byHumphrey Atkins
Minister of Housing and Local Government
In office
31 May 1970 – 19 June 1970
Prime MinisterHarold Wilson
Preceded byTony Greenwood
Succeeded byPeter Walker
Minister of Public Buildings and Works
In office
29 August 1967 – 30 April 1969
Prime MinisterHarold Wilson
Preceded byReg Prentice
Succeeded byJohn Silkin
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Housing and Local Government
In office
18 October 1964 – 29 August 1967
Prime MinisterHarold Wilson
Member of Parliament
for Bermondsey
(Rotherhithe 1946–1950)
In office
19 November 1946 – 1 November 1982
Preceded byBen Smith
Succeeded bySimon Hughes
Personal details
BornRobert Joseph Mellish
(1913-03-03)3 March 1913
Deptford, London, UK
Died9 May 1998(1998-05-09) (aged 85)
PartyIndependent Labour
Other political
affiliations
Labour (until 1982)
Spouse
Anne Warner
(m. 1938)
Children5
Parent(s)John Mellish & Mary Carroll
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Robert Joseph Mellish, Baron Mellish, PC (3 March 1913 – 9 May 1998) was a British politician. He was a long-serving Labour Party MP of 36 years, from 1946 to 1982. He served as the Labour Chief Whip from 1969 until 1976, but in his later years he fell out with his local Constituency Labour Party which he felt had become dominated by people on the left of the Labour Party, and he eventually left the party. He became a life peer in 1985.