Harold Wilson Harold Wilson James Harold Wilson, Baron Wilson of Rievaulx, (11 March 1916– 24 May 1995) was a British Labour politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1964 to 1970 and 1974 to 1976. Entering Parliament in 1945, Wilson was appointed a parliamentary secretary in the Attlee ministry and rose quickly through the ministerial ranks; he became Secretary for Overseas Trade in 1947 and was elevated to Cabinet shortly thereafter as President of the Board of Trade. In opposition to the next Conservative government, he served as Shadow Chancellor (19551961) and Shadow Foreign Secretary (19611963). Hugh Gaitskell,
Harold Tucker Harold Tucker Harold Tucker (1930-October 2015) was a British politician who was the Conservative Leader of the opposition on Manchester City Council from 1973-1990 and Lord Mayor of Manchester from 1984-1985. He was also Conservative Councillor for the Barlow moor Ward from 1959-1990. Tucker ran against Former Prime minister Harold Wilson at the 1964 General election in Huyton, but was defeated and continued to serve as a councillor. Following his political career he became trustee of Salford university. He was born in Willesden Green, London, and joined the Royal Air Force as a young man. Tucker was elected Lord Mayor