Denis Howell

The Lord Howell
Howell in 1965
Minister for Sport
In office
4 March 1974 – 4 May 1979
Prime MinisterHarold Wilson
James Callaghan
Preceded byEldon Griffiths
Succeeded byHector Monro
In office
16 October 1964 – 19 June 1970
Prime MinisterHarold Wilson
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byEldon Griffiths
Minister for Floods[1]
In office
23 August 1976 – 3 May 1979
Prime MinisterJames Callaghan
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Member of Parliament
for Birmingham Small Heath
In office
23 March 1961 – 16 March 1992
Preceded byWilliam Wheeldon
Succeeded byRoger Godsiff
Member of Parliament
for Birmingham All Saints
In office
26 May 1955 – 18 September 1959
Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded byJohn Hollingworth
Personal details
Born
Denis Herbert Howell

(1923-09-04)4 September 1923
Birmingham, England
Died19 April 1998(1998-04-19) (aged 74)
Solihull, England
Political partyLabour
SpouseBrenda Marjorie Willson
Children4

Denis Herbert Howell, Baron Howell PC (4 September 1923 – 19 April 1998) was a British Labour Party politician. He was a councillor on Birmingham City Council between 1946 and 1956. He was the Member of Parliament for Birmingham All Saints from 1955 to 1959, and MP for Birmingham Small Heath from 1961 to 1992. In 1992, he was made a life peer and became a Member of the House of Lords.

  1. ^ Drought (Summer 1976) and Snow (Winter 1978)