Joel Barnett
The Lord Barnett | |
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Barnett's last appearance at House of Lords questions. | |
| Chair of the Public Accounts Committee | |
| In office July 1979 – 9 June 1983 | |
| Preceded by | Edward du Cann |
| Succeeded by | Robert Sheldon |
| Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury | |
| In office 4 May 1979 – 14 July 1979 | |
| Leader | James Callaghan |
| Preceded by | Peter Rees |
| In office 22 July 1970 – 5 March 1974 | |
| Leader | Harold Wilson |
| Preceded by | Dick Taverne |
| Succeeded by | Tom Boardman |
| Chief Secretary to the Treasury | |
| In office 5 March 1974 – 4 May 1979 | |
| Prime Minister | Harold Wilson James Callaghan |
| Preceded by | Tom Boardman |
| Succeeded by | John Biffen |
| Member of the House of Lords | |
| Life peerage 30 September 1983 – 1 November 2014 | |
| Member of Parliament for Heywood and Royton | |
| In office 15 October 1964 – 13 May 1983 | |
| Preceded by | Tony Leavey |
| Succeeded by | Constituency Abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 14 October 1923 Manchester, England |
| Died | 1 November 2014 (aged 91) Manchester, England |
| Party | Labour |
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Joel Barnett, Baron Barnett, PC (14 October 1923 – 1 November 2014) was a Labour Party politician. As Chief Secretary to the Treasury in the late 1970s, he devised the Barnett Formula that allocates public spending in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.