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 Minister | Harold Wilson |
| Preceded by | Humphrey Atkins |
| Succeeded by | Michael Cocks |
| In office 30 April 1969 – 19 June 1970 | |
| Prime Minister | Harold Wilson |
| Preceded by | John Silkin |
| Succeeded by | Francis Pym |
| Opposition Chief Whip in the House of Commons | |
| In office 19 June 1970 – 4 March 1974 | |
| Leader | Harold Wilson |
| Preceded by | William Whitelaw |
| Succeeded by | Humphrey Atkins |
| Minister for Public Buildings and Works | |
| In office 29 August 1967 – 30 April 1969 | |
| Prime Minister | Harold Wilson |
| Preceded by | Reg Prentice |
| Succeeded by | John Silkin |
| Member of Parliament for Bermondsey (Rotherhithe 1946–1950) | |
| In office 19 November 1946 – 1 November 1982 | |
| Preceded by | Ben Smith |
| Succeeded by | Simon Hughes |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 3 March 1913 Deptford, London, England |
| Died | 9 May 1998 (aged 85) Sompting, West Sussex, England |
| Political party | Independent Labour |
| Other political affiliations | Labour (until 1982) |
| Spouse |
Anne Warner (m. 1938) |
| Children | 5 |
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.