What position did Edward Short, Baron Glenamara take from Jun 1970 to Apr 1972?
Edward Short , Baron Glenamara Edward Watson Short , Baron Glenamara , ( 17 December 1912 – 4 May 2012 ) , often known as Ted Short , was a British Labour politician and deputy leader of the Labour Party . He was Member of Parliament ( MP ) for Newcastle upon Tyne Central and served as a minister during the Labour governments under Harold Wilson , before being appointed to the House of Lords shortly after James Callaghan became Prime Minister . Following the death of James Allason on 16 June 2011 , Short was the oldest living former member of the British House of Commons . He died just under a year later , aged 99 . At the time of his death he was the oldest member of the House of Lords . Early career . Short was born in Warcop , Westmorland . His father Charles Short , a draper , was married to Mary . Short qualified as a teacher at College of the Venerable Bede , Durham University , before completing a second degree , in law , at London University . He taught on Tyneside until enlisting in 1939 . He served as a Captain in the Durham Light Infantry of the British Army during the Second World War . After leaving the army , he returned to teaching , becoming Newcastle branch secretary of the National Union of Teachers and in 1947 , head of Princess Louise Boys School , Blyth . Having joined the Labour Party in 1942 , Short was elected a councillor on Newcastle City Council in 1948 , where he led the Labour Group within two years . He was first elected to Parliament for Newcastle upon Tyne Central at the 1951 general election . He was appointed to the Privy Council in 1964 , and was made a Companion of Honour in 1976 . Postmaster General . Short was responsible for the outlawing of pirate radio stations such as Radio Caroline . Following the government campaign against the pirates previously led by Tony Benn , his predecessor in the post of Postmaster-General ( then the minister with responsibility for broadcasting ) , Short was responsible for introducing the bill which became the Marine etc . Broadcasting and Offences Act in 1967 . In a 1982 interview for BBC Radios The Story of Pop Radio , Short admitted having enjoyed listening to some of those stations , particularly Radio 390 . As Postmaster General , Short ordered the creation of the 1966 England Winners stamp to celebrate Englands victory in the 1966 World Cup . Education Secretary . He subsequently served as Education Secretary 1968–70 , and became Labours deputy leader on 25 April 1972 after Roy Jenkins resigned over differences on European policy . Short was seen at the time as a safe pair of hands . His main rival for the job was the left-winger Michael Foot who was viewed by many on the centre and right of the party as a divisive figure . Short defeated Foot and Anthony Crosland in the same vote . Lord President of the Council . Shorts new seniority was reflected in his appointment as Lord President of the Council – though not Deputy Prime Minister – 1974–76 , but he did not have the stature to mount a leadership bid himself on Wilsons retirement . He was not offered a Cabinet post on James Callaghans election as Premier . His resignation letter said that the time had come for him to step aside for a younger man ; this was sarcasm , as he was replaced by Michael Foot , who was only seven months younger than himself . Short was also nine months younger than Callaghan , who had dropped him from the cabinet . Peerage . He was made a life peer as Baron Glenamara , of Glenridding in the County of Cumbria on 28 January 1977 , a few months after he had left the Commons . One year before , he was appointed Chairman of Cable and Wireless Ltd , which was at the time a nationalised industry . He served in that post until 1980 . As a life peer he was a member of the House of Lords , although he stopped attending regularly a few years before his death . His name lives on in the House of Commons with the term Short Money . This refers to funds paid by the Government to help run the Parliamentary office of the Leader of the Opposition . The then Mr Short pioneered this idea during his time in the House . He was made a Freeman of the City of Newcastle in 2001 in recognition of his eminent and outstanding public service and served as Chancellor of the University of Northumbria , a post he retired from in 2005 . References . - Debretts People of Today 2006 - Whos Who 2006 - Times Guide to the House of Commons October 1974