Manny Shinwell leaving Britain to freeze and close down. He became unpopular with the public and was sacked in October 1947. He then served as Secretary of State for War and then as Minister of Defence in 1950-51. The high defence spending which he demanded, partly to pay for Britain's involvement in the Korean War, was a major factor causing Chancellor of the Exchequer Hugh Gaitskell to impose NHS charges, prompting the resignation of Aneurin Bevan from the Cabinet. After Labour's defeat in 1951, Shinwell continued to serve in the Shadow Cabinet in Opposition until he stepped down in 1955. Thereafter he
William Bland (politician) the Liberal William Somervell, Bland received 32.5% of the votes cast. He declared that this total was in line with his expectations. Bland stood again in Keighley at the 1918 UK general election. Facing both Somervell and a new Conservative Party opponent, he took third place with 27.7% of the vote. He subsequently focused on local politics, and served as Mayor of Keighley in 1928/28, the first Labour Party politician to hold the post. He died in 1945. William Bland (politician) William Bland (died 1945) was a British politician and trade unionist. Bland worked as a joiner in Keighley, in